Chu Yan frowned slightly, and listening to the driver's words, she also felt that someone was trying to stage an accident.

So she lifted the carriage curtain, ready to get out and take a look.

The maids helped Chu Yan down from the carriage. As soon as Chu Yan looked up, she saw a man with his hair covering his face and dressed in a disheveled manner lying sprawled on the ground in front of her carriage.

"Oh dear, the person who hit the person was a lady! She's already fainted. We'd better get her to the clinic and find a doctor right away!"

"Yes, that young woman's carriage was in the middle of the city and she didn't pay attention at all. She hit someone and she's all like this. It's really pitiful!"

"Judging from the clothes this person is wearing, he must be very poor. If this lady doesn't acknowledge the debt and refuse to help, he might die here!"

"Don't talk nonsense! I didn't hit him. He fainted in front of our carriage!"

People around were pointing and gossiping about Chu Yan, and the coachman, seeing this, angrily kept explaining.

Chu Yan ignored the words of the people around her and walked straight to the unconscious man. She reached out and nudged him.

He called out, "Young Master? Wake up!"

The man on the ground remained motionless.

Chu Yan checked the surroundings again and looked at his clothes. There was no blood on them, and she didn't know why he had fainted.

In the end, unable to bear it any longer, she had the coachman carry the person onto the carriage, intending to take them back to the Chu residence so that her family's physician could examine them.

"Your Highness, he seems to have internal injuries and some signs of poisoning. However, he fainted not because of these two things, but because of hunger."

The Chu residence.

After examining the man's pulse, the physician slowly spoke.

You're saying he fainted from hunger?

Upon hearing the doctor's words, Chu Yan couldn't help but facepalm in surprise.

She never imagined that the man had fainted from hunger in front of her carriage, and that others would mistakenly think that she had hit him.

"He did indeed faint from hunger. His pulse was weak and feeble, indicating exhaustion and malnutrition. Although he is poisoned, it is a chronic poisoning, and there are no signs of it acting up yet."

The doctor stroked his beard and explained.

Chu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. "Then, will the doctor give him something to eat and make him wake up?"

"I need to give him a few acupuncture needles first, and then have someone feed him some liquid food. He hasn't eaten for a long time, and he might not be able to digest food that is difficult to swallow if he suddenly eats it."

The doctor said.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, doctor."

Chu Yan nodded.

Although the person didn't faint because of her own actions, since she brought her home, she considered it a good deed and saved the person.

Chu's father and his family were also kind people, so they naturally did not object to Chu Yan's act of saving people.

Soon, the doctor gave the man several acupuncture needles. After the man slowly woke up, he buried his eyes in his hair and warily looked at Chu Yan and the others.

He didn't say a word.

"You're awake? How are you feeling? I'll have someone bring you some food right away!"

Upon seeing the man wake up, Chu Yan immediately spoke with concern.

The man did not respond, but only looked at Chu Yan warily.

A moment later, a servant brought up a bowl of white porridge and went to feed the man.

The servant reached out and brushed the stray hairs from the man's face, but the man's lips remained tightly pressed together, refusing to open his mouth.

"Your Highness, he refuses to drink the porridge."

The servant told Chu Yan helplessly.

"Are you starving? You'll die if you don't eat!"

Chu Yan looked at the man in surprise and offered some advice.

She had never seen a person who was about to starve to death and refused to eat.

The man's eyes were dark and bright, and when he looked at Chu Yan, his gaze was like that of a frightened beast, stubborn yet wary.

Looking into those eyes, Chu Yan suddenly realized that the other person was wary of her.

So he could only sigh and say, "You fainted in front of my carriage, making everyone think that I hit you, so I was forced to take you home for treatment."

I have no grudge against you. If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to bring you back or take care of you.

Sure enough, after hearing Chu Yan's words, the wariness in the man's eyes lessened.

After a moment, he spoke in a hoarse voice, "Where is this? And who are you?"

"This is the Chu residence, my maternal home. My name is Chu Yan."

Chu Yan smiled slightly when he spoke.

Looking at Chu Yan's bright smile, the man was suddenly stunned, and then said, "Thank you... for saving me."

"You're welcome. Can you eat something now? Once you're better, you can go back to your own home."

"I have no home."

"......"

Chu Yan was initially pleased to see the man's attitude change, but she was stunned when she suddenly heard him say, "I have no home."

In that instant, seeing the man's disappointed eyes, she suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

"Then...then you can stay at my parents' house for now, and we'll talk again when you've recovered."

Chu Yan looked embarrassed for a moment.

"Sister, has that person woken up? What happened?"

At this moment, Chu Cilin walked in from outside.

"Second brother, he's awake, but he still has some injuries and may need to stay at the manor for a while."

As soon as Chu Ci entered, Chu Yan immediately suggested that the man stay at the Chu residence for a while.

Chu Cilin did not object upon hearing this, and after hearing Chu Yan's account of the man's situation, he agreed to take him in for a period of time.

*

The day after Chu Yan left the palace and returned to the Chu family, Prince Xiao found out. However, he was not in the mood to look for Chu Yan at this time and planned to leave her alone for a few days.

He originally planned to visit Chu Yan at the Chu residence in a few days, but unexpectedly, a major event occurred in the court during those few days.

Emperor Wenjian suddenly fell ill with a strange disease.

All the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Academy of Daliang were at a loss, none of them knowing what illness Emperor Wenjian had.

Su Liluo and the others also learned of this matter. Because Su Liluo was skilled in medicine, after the Imperial Hospital expressed its inability to treat Emperor Wenjian's illness, they invited her into the palace.

"Your Highness, do you know what illness the Emperor has?"

After Su Liluo sat in front of the dragon bed and took Emperor Wenjian's pulse, the Empress asked worriedly.

Su Liluo frowned. "Father's internal organs are aging prematurely for no reason, and he is suffering from a weakened state. He was fine before, so this is really strange."

She had just examined him for a long time and also communicated with the space. The space said that Emperor Wenjian's internal organs were severely aging.

Emperor Wenjian is now in his fifties, but has the heart of a seventy or eighty-year-old.

"Then...then you might be able to cure it?"

The Empress asked with concern.

Su Lilu shook her head, "It can be cured, but there is one medicinal herb that is a bit hard to find."

She learned from the space that to cure Emperor Wenjian's premature aging and weakness, she needed a two-thousand-year-old ginseng, which simply did not exist in the world at present.

However, this thing used to exist in the space, but it was stolen.