Chapter 44 Cloud Feather CP Palace Expedition 14

Just then, a servant brought in the medicine. Gong Yuanzheng went over, took the medicine, and placed it on the table in front of Song Xinning.

"Drink your medicine and shut your mouth!"

"They're clearly fierce, but they won't let people say it."

Song Xinning pursed her lips and stirred the scalding hot medicine with a spoon to cool it down faster.

When it was lukewarm, he downed it in one gulp, then looked at the empty medicine bowl with a puzzled expression. "Sweet? Did you change the prescription?"

"Yes, I made some adjustments based on your pulse," Gong Yuanzheng said without changing his expression.

"Oh, I thought it was because I complained last time that 'this is the bitterest medicine I've ever taken,' and you specially changed it for me."

Song Xinning rested her chin on her hand, watching Gong Yuanzheng fiddling with the medicine beside her.

"You're just being presumptuous!" Gong Yuanzheng's ears turned red, but he stubbornly retorted.

It wasn't intentional; he simply modified the prescription based on the pulse diagnosis!

"Alright, alright, I'll stay here a little longer. My purse is almost finished being embroidered."

Song Xinning picked up the sachet she had embroidered and sped up the finishing touches.

After finishing, he tucked the pouch into his sleeve, said goodbye to Gong Yuanzheng, and then casually tossed it into a small corner.

Then the system helps, making people subconsciously ignore this wallet.

Gong Shangjiao rushed back to the palace gate and, after repeated persuasion from Gong Yuanzheng, accepted the position of wielder.

The three elders were overjoyed and sent messages to all the outposts.

There was no other way; they simply couldn't trust Gong Yuanzheng to wield the blade.

Because he only had eyes for his older brother, Gong Shangjiao, the Gong family members held very little place in his heart.

On the day he temporarily took charge of the blade, he did nothing at all, leaving everything to them.

The Gongmen clan members were not uneasy about the successive changes of their blades, after all, Gong Shangjiao was someone they trusted, and he would make them feel more at ease than Gong Yuanzheng as their blade.

the next day--

"Miss Song, it's not time for your pulse diagnosis yet. Why are you going to the clinic so early?"

These past few days, her maid, Si Xue, who had been following her, asked.

"The purse I embroidered yesterday has fallen off. I need to look for it along the way, but I don't know where it went."

Once outside the women's quarters, Song Xinning watched her step carefully, pretending to be looking for something.

Si Xue also kept an eye on everything. It was early morning, not yet time for the servants to clean, so she wasn't worried about it being swept away.

Upon arriving at the clinic, the two heard conversations. Using the system again, they made Manager Jia ignore Song Xinning's bleeding heart.

"Are you sure no one will find out? Sending the wrong medicinal herbs is no small matter..."

"Shut up!" Steward Jia stopped the servants, glancing towards the medicine room. "Keep your mouth shut tight and burn it clean."

Upon hearing this, Si Xue frowned and immediately stepped forward to restrain the two of them.

Hearing the sounds of fighting, Jin Fan and Miss Gong Zishang, who had run out of the medicine room, came running over.

"What's going on?" Gong Zishang walked up to Song Xinning and asked curiously.

Song Xinning explained, "They brought in the wrong medicinal herbs and were secretly burning them. As a result, Si Xue and I overheard them, and Si Xue arrested them."

The guards on duty at the clinic arrived. Si Xue handed Steward Jia and the others over to the guards, picked up the bags of medicine from the ground, and retreated behind Song Xinning.

Looking at the snow-like scenery, Song Xinning exclaimed in surprise, "Does your palace take the selection of brides so seriously? The maids in the women's quarters are even skilled in martial arts."

"Impossible. Even the Shang Palace has very few maids who know martial arts. How could the female guest quarters be full of maids who know martial arts?" Gong Zishang denied.

"This servant was chosen by Young Master Zheng from the Horn Palace and assigned to the Women's Guest Courtyard to protect Miss Song," Si Xue explained proactively.