Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Wow, Fengluan Palace was struck by lightning! ...
Xie Danling leaned close to Concubine Shu, counted on her fingers, and said, "They set off at the end of last year, and it's almost April now. Cousin Chen took quite a long time to get back this time."
There was a hint of moisture in Gu Zhizhuo's clear phoenix eyes. Hearing this, she suddenly raised her head. Yes, she had been reborn.
The young master is still alive. He is still here!
Gu Zhizhuo was full of hope, his eyes and brows filled with joy and anticipation.
Concubine Shu pondered, "It's been quite a while indeed. I heard he's just arrived in Yizhou." She paused, then continued, "However, if Young Master Chen managed to reach adulthood in such an awkward position, he should be able to return to the capital alive."
This sentence is quite intriguing.
"It will be lively then."
Gu Zhizhuo: “…”
She remembered that when the young master returned to the capital in his previous life, he was robbed by bandits in the capital and was seriously injured, almost escaping death. These bandits had fled from Yizhou to the capital precisely because her brother had failed to suppress the bandits.
This also became one of the serious crimes imposed on my brother. Everyone said that my brother was a son of a tiger father and was unable to handle such a big responsibility.
The young master was already weak and sickly, and after this serious injury, his vitality was greatly reduced.
They sought help from many famous doctors, but none of them could help.
Even the renowned Taoist doctor Wuweizi shook his head and sighed, "Destiny cannot be violated." She didn't believe in fate, so she took Wuweizi as her teacher and tried every possible means to extend the young master's life.
In the end, the master was right.
Rumble!
A muffled thunder suddenly exploded, and Gu Zhizhuo was startled. His thoughts were pulled away from his memories, and his face turned pale.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Xie Danling, who was also startled, grabbed her hand, not knowing whether she was comforting her or comforting herself.
After repeating "don't be afraid" several times, Xie Danling muttered unhappily, "Why is there thunder all of a sudden? Is it going to rain? The Imperial Astronomical Observatory said it definitely won't rain today. They can't even read the stars."
Gu Zhizhuo nodded obediently in agreement: "Cousin Danling is right. I counted on my fingers and it will rain at 3:30 in the evening."
"Come on, let's go and take a look."
The two cousins went to the window together to see if it was raining, chattering to each other.
Concubine Shu was too lazy to pay attention to them. She first sent the eunuch to Fengluan Palace to inquire, then leaned on the chaise longue, looking at the two sisters with a smile in her eyes.
Until Doctor Chen arrived, she called Gu Zhizhuo over.
The imperial physician was named Chen Baishu, about forty years old, from a branch of the Wang family, and also an "insider" in the palace.
When Concubine Shu and her sister married into the capital, the Wang family allowed Chen Baishu to change his mother's surname and open a medical clinic in the capital. Later, when the current emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Shu moved from the palace to the harem, and the Wang family arranged for Chen Baishu to work in the Imperial Hospital.
Except for the palace maids who came with Concubine Shu as her dowry, no one knew that Chen Baishu's real surname was "Wang".
"Doctor Chen, come and take a look at Yaoyao's face."
Chen Baishu quickly responded.
He looked at Gu Zhizhuo's face carefully, took his pulse, and said, "Your Majesty, fortunately the young lady washed away the poison in time. The redness and swelling on her face will be completely healed in three to five days."
After Chen Baishu said this, Concubine Shu's tense nerves completely relaxed.
"Yaoyao."
Concubine Shu signaled Gu Zhizhuo to hand the small medicine jar to Chen Baishu.
Chen Baishu opened it, smelled it, scraped some remaining ointment with his fingernails, and applied it on the back of his hand. After only counting to three breaths, the intact skin turned abnormally red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"There are bone-eating grass, withered vine black, and blood dragon's saliva here." Chen Baishu said confidently, and then explained, "These herbs will corrode the skin. If there is a wound on the skin, it will rot and be difficult to heal."
Gu Zhizhuo lowered his eyes slightly, the heart-wrenching pain of his previous life seemed to be still before his eyes.
Especially watching her skin rot and peel off inch by inch, this torment made her feel like she would rather die than live.
She clenched her fists, letting her nails dig into her tender palms.
"It's really vicious."
Concubine Shu slammed the beauty bed hard, her eyes full of hatred.
Yaoyao in their family is so pretty, she looks like her elder sister and also like her, a little more would be too much, a little less would be too little, but her appearance is the most stunning.
She simply couldn't imagine how desperate Yaoyao would be if she hadn't discovered the problem in time and let Xie Jing succeed. She also couldn't imagine whether she could hold on.
Concubine Shu stared at the small medicine jar, forced herself to calm down, and said, "Doctor Chen, go add something to Yaoyao's face."
The Queen didn't react just now, but she had to be on guard against the possibility that she would send someone to check on Yaoyao's injuries.
Chen Baishu bowed in response.
His medicine box was fully equipped with medicines. In a short while, he prepared a bowl of black and red medicine juice, and then used a small brush to carefully apply it on Gu Zhizhuo's cheek.
"Miss, apply it until night and then wash it off. This concoction will soothe your skin and reduce the redness and swelling faster."
It took Chen Baishu a whole incense stick of time to apply the ointment properly. When he looked in a bronze mirror, he saw a large red and swollen area on Gu Zhizhuo's jade-white cheek.
Gu Zhizhuo tried to wipe it off with his hand, but it wouldn't come off.
At first glance, it does look very real, but if you look closely at it up to the light, you can still find some clues.
Chen Baishu continued, "This medicinal juice can nourish the skin and can be washed off with clean water. Miss, I will prepare another bottle for you. You can apply it for a longer period of time after you go back."
Xie Danling also came over to join in the fun: "Let me take a look too."
"Cousin Danling." Gu Zhizhuo put down the bronze mirror, pursed his lips, and looked like he was about to cry. "Don't I look ugly like this?"
"Yes..." Xie Danling quickly waved her hands, "No, no!"
"Cousin Danling is the best. We agreed to share the good times and the bad times, right?"
Xie Danling nodded without thinking.
Gu Zhizhuo quickly dipped his finger in the medicine, rushed over, and laughed: "Let's be ugly together."
Xie Danling jumped up and ran away: "No way."
The two people were chasing and fleeing, making a mess.
Concubine Shu stroked her forehead and said helplessly to the head maid, "They are the ones who quarrel and they are the ones who make peace. They are giving me a headache."
The senior palace maid covered her mouth and laughed, "You seem to be enjoying yourself."
The two cousins ran around the main hall. Xie Danling hid in Concubine Shu's arms for protection, but Concubine Shu turned against her and hugged her, calling out, "I caught you, Yaoyao, come quickly."
Xie Danling giggled.
Gu Zhizhuo pounced on her, preventing her from moving, and used the medicine juice to draw a flower ornament on her forehead.
After lighting the last petal, Xie Danling looked at herself admiringly in the bronze mirror. The eunuch Zheng Gonggong, who was sent out by Concubine Shu, came back.
He looked flustered, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. Before he could even breathe properly, he urgently reported, "Mother, Mother, Fengluan Palace was struck by lightning."
What? !
Concubine Shu remembered the sudden thunder just now and could not hide her shock.
Xie Danling didn't bother looking in the bronze mirror anymore. Her eyes sparkled as she urged, "Tell me quickly."
"Yes, Princess." Eunuch Zheng, still a little frightened, bowed his head and reported, "Your Majesty, after you left, the Empress sent everyone away and took the Third Prince and Miss Ji back to Fengluan Palace. The Third Prince admitted that he had Doctor Liu tamper with Miss Gu's medicine, and that it had nothing to do with Miss Ji. If the Empress continues to pursue this matter, she will force him to death."
He glanced at Gu Zhizhuo cautiously and continued, "His Highness the Third Prince keeps saying that he only loves Miss Ji and wants to marry her! It's Miss Gu who's being tactless. She's trying to spin the Emperor's joke into a marriage contract."
"The queen was furious and had Miss Ji dragged away and beaten."
Eunuch Zheng swallowed his saliva. Some of the words were so harsh that he didn't dare say them directly, for fear of polluting the ears of the Fifth Princess and Miss Gu.
"The maids in the Queen's palace came to drag people away. The Third Prince stood in front of Miss Ji and beat everyone he saw. The Queen was so angry that her heart ached. She just said that he must be beaten to death. He must be beaten to death."
Eunuch Zheng said in shock, "Your Majesty, Aunt Qiu from Fengluan Palace told me herself that the thunder struck right after the Empress said the words 'beaten to death'. Almost simultaneously."
"The eaves of the main hall of Fengluan Palace caught fire on the spot."
"Wow." Xie Danling's eyes sparkled with excitement.
She blurted out, "The Queen wanted to beat the Ji family to death, and Fengluan Palace was struck by lightning?"
this……
Why does this sound like a play script? No, even a play script wouldn't dare to write like this, right?!
Gu Zhizhuo curled the corners of his lips, sighing, "As expected."
Ji Nanke has always had good luck, as if he was born to be favored by heaven.
It was the same in her previous life. No matter what disaster she encountered, she could always turn it into good fortune.
I still remember that one year, not long after Ji Nan Ke became the third prince's consort, the emperor gave Xie Jing a job of disaster relief. At that time, the national treasury was empty and could not even take out the money for disaster relief. Xie Jing was very worried about this.
Later, Ji Nanke took the initiative to go with him to Dongyang County in Qingzhou. Who would have thought that after the disaster, there would be a great epidemic. While they were still on the road, the epidemic broke out in Dongyang County. When they arrived, nine out of ten houses were empty, and less than 10% of the people were alive.
Now there is enough money.
Xie Jing immediately allocated money to hire doctors and provide medicine for the people, and also distributed fertile land and crops to each household.
Because of this disaster relief, Xie Jing became very famous among the people and was highly praised in the court.
Not long after, Xie Jing entered the Eastern Palace and Ji Nan Ke became the honorable Crown Princess.
Xie Danling was excited and couldn't wait to ask, "What happened next?"
Eunuch Zheng bowed and continued, "The Third Prince told the Queen that True Man Qingping had read Miss Ji's fortune, saying that she was a woman of destiny and would inherit the great fortune of Daqi."
"Later, the Queen sent away all the servants, said something to the Third Prince, and then had Miss Ji quietly sent back to the palace. The Queen issued a strict order to everyone in Fengluan Palace: anyone who spoke nonsense would be beaten to death."
Concubine Shu sneered repeatedly: "A blessed girl?"
"She deserves it!"
She had a cold face and her thumb gently stroked the jade bracelet on her fair wrist.
Xie Danling was extremely curious.
He even dared to casually say things like "Inheriting the great fortune of the Great Creation." If this Qingping Zhenren wasn't truly capable, then he must be...
"A charlatan?"
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