Chapter 291 Planning a Trip to the State of Jin

Xiao Bai: "...I suddenly have a bad feeling."

Yan Hu sighed, "Yes, that's right, the Imperial Hospital's Rejuvenating Herb is gone too."

noob:"!!!"

Little Whitey jolted awake, sprang to its feet like a fat cat, and instantly landed on its back with all four paws in the air, its eyes filled with despair.

He was vomiting, and the cat was so dizzy from vomiting that it couldn't concentrate on what others were saying.

Therefore, Xiaobai naturally didn't hear the bad news that Huang Ying and Physician Li brought back from the Imperial Hospital.

What to do, damn it, why did he have to be so greedy for that one bite!

As soon as Sheng Sheng stepped into the gate of Yuqing Palace, she saw a white blob rushing over at an extremely fast speed, and then a soft yet hard force landed on her leg.

Sheng Sheng was startled by the sudden impact of the lump and barely managed to avoid falling. She was so frightened that she almost lifted her leg to shake it off, still wondering why she had such a contradictory feeling of being both soft and hard.

Looking down, oh, it was Xiaobai.

She's soft because Little White is a chubby cat, and hard because Little White used a lot of force and hurt her.

With a muffled groan, Sheng Sheng lifted Xiao Bai up with one hand: "Are you trying to harm Sheng Sheng?"

Usually, when I pick up Xiaobai, it always moves a few times to show that it is struggling.

This time, Xiaobai practically wore his guilt and remorse on his face. Instead of struggling, he wrapped his limbs around the hand that was holding him up, his ears practically flying up, and began to reflect on his actions.

What I heard:

"Waaaaah... Sheng Sheng, this is a ghost! I really didn't mean to!!!"

What Xie Yun and the others heard was: "Woo woo woo... Awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo—woo woo woo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo awoo!!!"

Xie Yunyang's body trembled, and he retreated several steps: "What's that noise?"

Sheng Sheng was both amused and exasperated, covering Xiao Bai's squealing mouth: "No, Xiao Bai said he was very sorry for ruining the Rejuvenating Grass."

Xiao Bai struggled to dodge Sheng Sheng's hand, continuing to wail and cry, "Sheng Sheng, I was wrong! I'll never eat fish again! It's all my fault for being so greedy for that fish! That fish was so fat and big, just floating there half-dead by the water, and I couldn't resist... Waaaaah! I'm so sorry, Your Highness!!"

Fate played a cruel trick on the gluttonous cat; after eating the dead fish, Little White died!

Like Xie Yunjia, Xiaobai has always been proud and arrogant, so Shengsheng is really not used to her suddenly throwing a tantrum.

However, from Xiaobai's somewhat confused words, we could roughly piece together the cause and effect of Xiaobai's poisoning.

I reckon Xiaobai just happened to be passing by the lake and spotted a fish. He got hungry and couldn't resist eating it.

"Okay, okay, don't cry. It's okay, it's not your fault."

After comforting Xiaobai for a while, he said with exasperation after Xiaobai calmed down a bit, "It's so strange to see such a fat and big fish floating half-dead on the lake shore. You big glutton, don't you think about it? Where in the world would you get such a good thing, to be able to eat such a fat fish for free?"

Little White obediently admitted his mistake: "Mmm-hmm."

After Sheng Sheng finished scolding Xiao Bai, Yan Hu and Shi Tou ran over one after the other, crowding around Sheng Sheng and leading her inside: "Sheng Sheng, hurry up, the Fourth Prince seems very sad."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Sheng had no time to care about Xiao Bai. She put Xiao Bai down on the ground and quickly left with Xie Yun.

"Crown Prince, let's hurry and go see our fourth brother."

The group walked through the front yard to the back garden, where the palace servants of Yuqing Palace were tidying up in an orderly manner.

Scattered soil here, overturned flowerpot there—it's clear that this place must have been quite a mess by Xiaobai before.

The patch of land in the corner, which had always been carefully tended, was also in disarray, with several rejuvenating grasses leaning precariously, some with broken roots and others with broken flower buds.

What Sheng Sheng cared about most was not the Rejuvenating Grass, but Xie Yunwen, who was silently watching the palace servants tidying up under the eaves not far away.

Xie Yunwen already looked paler than others because he didn't get much exercise, and now, perhaps because he was in the shadows under the eaves, with his back to the light, the sunlight couldn't reach him, making him appear even thinner.

Sheng Sheng quickly ran over and stood beside him. Following his gaze, she saw that he was indeed looking at the patch of crooked and drooping rejuvenating grass.

Xie Yunwen clutched the thin blanket covering his legs, creating a vortex in the blanket, much like his inner turmoil at that moment.

It still doesn't work, huh?

His leg seemed to have never had any hope, and this time, just when there was finally hope, it was gone again...

Sheng Sheng would hop and skip around that corner every day to take care of the Rejuvenating Grass. He went from having no hope to watching the Rejuvenating Grass slowly sprout from a small seed with great joy.

Still can't do it?

It doesn't seem so bad.

After all, he had accepted this fact for thirteen years.

"Fourth Imperial Brother."

"Fourth brother."

Xie Yunyang and Shengsheng spoke at the same time, their eyes full of worry.

Xie Yunwen's eyelashes fluttered, she smiled, and shook her head at them: "I'm fine."

No wonder! Look at Fourth Prince, he's practically broken!

After examining the scattered pieces of Rejuvenating Herb amidst the chaos, Imperial Physician Li sighed repeatedly, as if he were about to unleash all the anger of his life. His voice was so loud that it was difficult to hear even in the Imperial Hospital.

Sheng Sheng felt that Physician Li alone could be described as "widespread resentment".

The moment Xie Yunwen finished saying that she was alright, Physician Li's voice came over.

"Sigh! Sigh! Sigh—!"

Imperial Physician Li sighed three times, his regret and sorrow as if he had missed the most beautiful thing in the world. "All the Rejuvenating Herbs in the Imperial Hospital have withered; there's no chance of saving them. The Rejuvenating Herbs here are broken beyond recognition and haven't matured; we can't even pick out the seeds. Alas, alas!"

Xie Yunwen's eyelashes trembled again, and her hand clenched imperceptibly.

Seeing that the swirl on the thin blanket had deepened, Sheng Sheng quickly said, "Fourth Brother, don't worry. Although we've run out of Rejuvenating Grass here, I've already discussed it with the Crown Prince. After some time, I'll go south with the Crown Prince to Jin Kingdom to find Physician Shen, explain the situation to him, and ask him to give us another Rejuvenating Grass."

Xie Yun nodded and said, "Yes, Fourth Brother, as long as there is still the Rejuvenating Herb in the world, there is still a chance for your leg to recover. Don't worry, I will explain the situation to Father. Once everything is arranged, we will go to Jin Kingdom to visit Doctor Shen again."

Xie Yunwen was taken aback. Instead of being pleasantly surprised, he frowned and firmly retorted, "No, as the Crown Prince, how can you leave so easily? And Shengsheng, you are still young. Jin is thousands of miles away, and Yu is separated from it by Song. This is not the same as going to Yunshan Farm!"