At his age, Prince Chen has already shown his talent, surpassing all those of the same age or even several years older than him. The terms "dragon colt and phoenix chick" are most appropriate to describe him.

If he hadn't been ill, given the late emperor's love for him, he would have passed the throne to him despite everyone's opposition. How could her son have had any say in that?

Not to mention the great-grandson, even among the grandchildren, none of them can compare to Prince Chen.

Although she was reluctant to admit it, it was the truth.

Therefore, she always had a hidden worry in her heart, fearing that the Prince of Chen would commit treason and push the emperor off the throne and sit on it himself.

However, she had watched with cold eyes for so many years and found that Prince Chen had no interest in that position at all.

After Gu Xueting left the palace, he went straight back home.

As soon as he got off the horse, he noticed movement of the photo stone in his arms.

He strode in, eager to see the video that Zhizhi sent him this time.

However, when they arrived outside the Hanguang Palace, they found an uninvited guest.

Under the sycamore tree outside the hall, a woman in purple sat on a stone bench, holding a book in her hand, reading quietly, turning a page from time to time. Her every move spoke of elegance and nobility.

When Gu Xueting approached, she seemed unaware and continued to immerse herself in the fragrance of books. Only her trembling eyelashes betrayed her mood at the moment.

When she looked up inadvertently, she found Gu Xueting standing not far away with his hands behind his back, looking at her. There was a touching flash in his eyes, which was the joy and shyness of seeing his beloved.

"Brother Xue Ting." Pei Yuan put down the book and called softly.

Gu Xueting responded calmly, "What's the matter?"

Pei Yuan's expression darkened and she forced a smile, "Can't I come to see you if nothing happens? Brother Xue Ting, we..." Realizing her slip of the tongue, she quickly stopped talking.

Gu Xueting said to the guards at the palace gate: "Take Miss Pei to the front hall."

"Brother Xue Ting--" Pei Yuan saw him enter the yard without looking back and wanted to follow him, but was stopped by the guards at the door. A trace of unwillingness flashed across her eyes. She bit her lip and stared at the door infatuatedly.

Whatever, compared to other women, Brother Xue Ting has been quite lenient towards her. At least she can still enter Prince Chen’s Mansion.

I can still talk to him from time to time.

It is difficult for others to even see him.

Now she was just slowly getting in touch with him, waiting for the right moment, and then she would reveal the matter, and she would not worry about not getting what she wanted and marrying into Prince Chen's mansion! But when she turned around, a woman's voice came from the palace.

She suddenly looked up, her eyes seemed to penetrate the wall and see directly what was happening inside the hall.

Who is that woman? When did Brother Xue Ting hide a woman in his bedroom? What is their relationship? In an instant, countless questions popped up in her mind. She wanted to rush in and question him, but the two annoying guards in front of her would not let her go. Even if she rushed in, what would happen? What qualifications did she have to question him?

No, she must find out the origins of that woman!

Pei Yuan turned and left, walking faster and faster, not even paying attention to her proper manners.

The maid had no choice but to jog after her.

Inside the bedroom, Gu Xueting's heart skipped a beat when faced with Shen Yizi's straightforward questioning.

Of course he missed her, he thought about her day and night, even in his dreams, but the word "miss" rolled over his tongue several times but he just couldn't utter it out.

He pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little annoyed.

Simply skipping this question, he answered the first one directly: "Just came out of the palace."

He recounted what happened when he entered the palace, intending to remind her.

After receiving the video, Shen Yizhi first took a look at his face, without paying any attention to what he was saying. He only grasped a few key words and watched it again.

She wasn't really worried, but she felt a little regretful. "Humph, if I had known, I wouldn't have removed the effect of the drug on that brat, and let him continue to be a monkey!"

He even complained that she bullied him. Maybe he didn't know what real bullying was like?

Of course, she was just speaking in anger. Who would have thought that after hearing her words, Gu Xueting seriously considered them for a moment, and then summoned the hidden guards with him: "Did you hear what the princess said?"

A "yes" came from the air.

"Go ahead."

A smoke-like figure floated out.

In addition to venting Shen Yizhi's anger, Gu Xueting's move was also meant to warn Gu Hongsun, so that he would know what to say and what not to say in the future.

Even in a dream, we should be careful about the truth that words can cause trouble.

The two of them stayed together for a while and talked about each other's recent lives.

Of course, most of the time it was Shen Yizi who was talking. She talked about the patients she met, what Qingbao and Yuanbao did...all kinds of trivial things in life were always full of interest when she told them.

Gu Xueting watched and listened quietly, and the warm sunshine seemed to shine through his eyes and brows that were as cold as snow.

Although they are separated by distance, their understanding of each other is gradually deepening and their feelings are becoming stronger through such long-term communication.

"Okay, let's stop chatting. I have something important to do tomorrow, so I need to rest early to recharge my batteries. You should also rest early. Good night, muah~"

After uploading this video, Shen Yizi really never contacted him again.

Muah? What does this mean?

Gu Xueting stroked her image on the photo stone, wondering what big thing she was talking about? Would it be dangerous? Seeing her excited look, it should be a good thing.

But I still couldn't help but worry.

Because of love, there is fear.

He claimed that he was a person with indifferent emotions. After all, in the past twenty-three years, except for his mother, no one could leave a mark in his heart.

Until I met her, I experienced greed, anger, love, desire, jealousy...all kinds of feelings.

It even caused the demonic poison in the body to flare up several times.

However, if he were given the choice again, he would still choose to meet her.

In fact, it would have been nice to have met him earlier.

Lijiazhuang.

Shen Yizi got up early in the morning, carried a medicine basket on his back, put on clothes that were convenient for movement, and went into the mountains.

It is called collecting herbs, but in fact it is mainly for mining, digging the purple gold mine that has not been mined before.

Before leaving, she temporarily entrusted the clinic to Wang Hexian and asked him to help take care of it.

As an alchemist, his medical skills are also very good. As long as he doesn't encounter those terminal illnesses or diseases that are too strange, he can solve them.

As for home, with Qianwu and Kunsan looking after her, she had nothing to worry about.

If worst comes to worst, there are still fairies and intelligent banyan tree spirits in the village.

If anything happened, they could send her a message immediately.

As soon as they entered the mountain, Shen Yizhi sent Qingbao, who was carrying the medicine basket, into the space and let him play with Yuanbao.