Shen Ci also felt something was amiss and pondered, "It can't be that the Ninth Prince has taken a fancy to Ruyi, right?"

But how ridiculous is this?

In his opinion, Shen Ruyi was spoiled and uneducated, not even worthy of carrying Shen Jiaojiao's shoes, so how could she be favored by the Ninth Prince?

"This is impossible. Maybe we are overthinking it."

Shen Ci shook his head and quickly denied his previous inference. "What kind of women has the Ninth Prince not seen? And he is famous for not being interested in women, how could he suddenly be interested in her?"

"The Ninth Prince might have just given the jade as a gift. Who can guess what he was thinking? Besides, a piece of jade is not a valuable thing to him. If it is lost, it is lost. Who knows, he might forget about it tomorrow."

Shen Ci said, patting Gu Qinghua on the shoulder, "Brother Qinghua, don't think too much. Ruyi grew up with you as a childhood sweetheart. Don't you know how she feels about you?"

"Maybe she was just angry for a while, and she couldn't hold on for a few days so she came to you on her own initiative. It's not that you can't leave her, it's that she can't leave you."

Gu Qinghua nodded silently.

In the past, he really felt that even if Shen Ruyi died, she would not change her feelings for him.

He was the only one who had the right to abandon Shen Ruyi, but Shen Ruyi had no right to despise him.

But today, he suddenly lost this confidence.

Although Shen Ci comforted him in this way, he still felt uneasy.

"I still feel something is wrong. Let's go to the priest's hall first." Gu Qinghua finally attributed Shen Ruyi's abnormality to being possessed by a ghost.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Shen Ci and he hit it off immediately.

The two of them braved the wind and snow and went to the priest's temple.

Finally, the peach wood sword was borrowed back, but was mocked by the high priest.

"Whose living person is possessed by a ghost? Is she unconscious? Or talking nonsense? She's crazy."

"I thought the Prime Minister's Mansion would produce a genius, but I didn't expect Shen Cangyun to teach him to be a fool!"

"It's hopeless."

After hearing this, Shen Ci was angry but dared not say anything.

The Prime Minister's Office has great power, but the Priest's Palace receives the mandate from heaven. Don't offend them and let them go and whisper in the emperor's ear, saying that the Prime Minister's Office has influenced Ziwei Star. That would be courting death.

In the end, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and return with his tail between his legs.

But no matter what, the goal has been achieved.

After they came back, they went to visit Shen Jiaojiao first.

"Second brother, Qinghua brother."

Shen Jiaojiao was lying on the couch in the attic, breathing weakly and curled up in a ball. "Why are you here in such a cold day?"

"I came to see you. How are you?" Shen Ci took one look and hurriedly stepped forward to support the man. "Why do you look so bad? Is your stomach hurting again?"

"Don't worry, Dad has already sent someone to get medicine, and I just drank it." Shen Jiaojiao said don't worry, but before she finished her words, tears fell.

The pear blossom in the rain looked so pitiful.

All of a sudden, Gu Qinghua's heart softened, and he said anxiously: "When will her stomach problem be cured? This is not a solution, we still have to find a folk remedy as soon as possible!"

As he said that, he sat down and held her hand.

Shen Jiaojiao's small hand trembled slightly in his palm, cold sweat broke out on her slender fingers, and she was as weak as a newborn puppy.

"If Sister Ruyi is willing, she should be able to find a secret remedy, right? But she has never liked me very much, so I'd better not get in her way."

After saying this, he lowered his head and shed tears silently, as if he was going to die in the next second.

Gu Qinghua's heart ached.

Finally, I could only comfort her: "Don't cry, or you'll hurt your eyes. No matter what, your second brother and I will get the prescription back for you tonight."

Having made up his mind, Gu Qinghua's tone became aggressive.

He looked as if he was determined to get the prescription back from her even if he had to snatch it away.

Shen Jiaojiao was secretly delighted.

She knew that as long as she cried, Gu Qinghua's attention would return to her.

But act out the whole play.

"Is this... okay?"

When Gu Qinghua was about to leave, she timidly grabbed his sleeve and added fuel to the fire, "What if I anger my sister..."

"Don't worry about it, we'll get it for you!"

This time, even Shen Ci started to get angry with Shen Ruyi for no reason, thinking that Shen Ruyi was going too far.

"If you ask me, this Ruyi is really something! He knows that Jiaojiao's stomach disease has lasted for many years, and every now and then she gets flared up and is in excruciating pain, but he still refuses to give her the prescription!"

"Does she still have any intention of being a sister?"

The more I think about it, the more I feel that the reason Shen Jiaojiao is in so much pain is Shen Ruyi's fault.

So, he angrily said, "Jiaojiao, you better give me the good news first. We will go find Shen Ruyi right away and ask her to hand over the prescription!"

After saying that, he and Gu Qinghua took the peach wood sword and the ghost-chasing bell and headed straight for Xifeng Courtyard.

…

In Xifeng Courtyard, in a dilapidated wing room.

Shen Ruyi had just finished drinking the medicine and was about to go out to deal with the residue.

As a result, as soon as he reached the door, he was stabbed by a sword!

Before she could even react, she was stabbed to the ground, her back aching.

Two people appeared at the door, they were Shen Ci and Gu Qinghua.

Shen Ci pointed his sword at her, "Tell me, who are you? Where did you take Ruyi? If you don't get out of her body, don't blame me for being rude!"

Gu Qinghua was also shaking a bell in his hand.

It turned out to be catching ghosts.

Shen Ruyi came back to her senses and almost laughed out of anger.

"If Second Brother wants to kill me, just say it directly. There's no need to make such an excuse." She staggered to her feet, carried the medicine residue out, and fell down.

"If it was an evil spirit, it should have been twitching and going crazy just now, but she didn't seem to do that?" Gu Qinghua rang the bell and frowned as he watched Shen Ruyi come back after pouring out the medicine residue. He felt something was wrong.

"Mr. Gu, please take care of my sister when you have time, and don't disturb me while I'm resting here."

Shen Ruyi glanced at him, put away the medicine pot, turned to look at Shen Ci, "Second brother, I'll take some medicine for the cold, is that okay? If you don't believe me, take the medicine residue and check it yourself, there's no need to be suspicious all day long!"

As she said that, she stretched out her hand to push him out, "Don't leave the door open. It's cold in my room."

Shen Ci choked and didn't know where to put the peach wood sword in his hand.

When he came to his senses, the sword had been taken away by Shen Ruyi and thrown in the yard.

He was stunned, looked at the peach wood sword in surprise, and then looked at Shen Ruyi: "Are you really still Ruyi?"

"I told you it's cold in the room, get out!" Shen Ruyi was angry. "Second brother, are you blind? Can't you see there's no brazier in my room? What do you mean? You're not allowed to close the door tonight, right?"

Shen Ci was scolded by her, and when he came back to his senses and looked into the house, his face turned black, "You don't have any coal in your house?"

Shen Ruyi rolled her eyes and said nothing.

The weather was already very cold a month ago, and even the servants in the mansion had charcoal fires lit in their houses.

But no one in the mansion brought her coal. Shen Jiaojiao even came to Xifengyuan to show off, saying that as long as she stayed in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shen Ruyi would have to freeze to death here.

Shen Ruyi felt sad, so she took the prescription given to her by the old beggar to please Shen Ci, and asked him to talk to the warehouse manager to send her some charcoal, because Xifengyuan had been in disrepair for many years and it was too cold inside.

Shen Ci took the prescription but didn't do anything.

Now, he actually had the nerve to ask her if there was any carbon in the house?