The Queen Mother continued, "It's getting late, and I won't keep you any longer. Please take your time on your way back. I know you need everything now, but I still want to show my care as your great-aunt. I've prepared some rare medicinal herbs for you to take back with you."
As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, the maid beside her came out with a medicine box. When she opened it, she found a whole rhinoceros horn inside.
It was about a foot tall, pitch black, and faintly glowing.
The horn is conical in shape, thick at the base and tapering at the top, resembling a steep mountain peak when standing upright. The horn's surface is smooth and soft to the touch. The tip has a soft sheen, dotted with rounded bristles. A deep, long groove runs along the front edge of the horn's tusk, and a ridge rises on the underside opposite the groove.
The base of the horn is concave inside and shaped like a funnel. The edge is light yellow and has a hard texture.
It is clearly the horn of a top-quality one-horned rhinoceros produced in Southeast Asia.
Rhino horn can clear away heat, cool blood, calm nerves, detoxify, and relieve delirium...
It is no exaggeration to say that this rhino horn in front of us is a priceless treasure.
Xie Wanyun quickly declined, "Queen Mother, this is unacceptable. Medicinal herbs like these should be left with you. If I take them, it would be a waste."
The Queen Mother patted her hands and said lovingly, "This isn't worth much, just accept it. I also have some American ginseng and other things packed up and sent to your house. You're always busy and have no family around, so you should take good care of yourself."
Xie Wanyun's eyes warmed. The Queen Mother was finally on her side. She no longer refused, bowed, and left after thanking her.
After leaving the Cining Palace, seeing that it was getting dark, he quickened his pace towards the palace gate.
Just as she turned a corner, she vaguely saw another eunuch looking towards her. Judging from his figure, he was the same eunuch she had met at the palace gate.
Just as I was about to call out to him, the eunuch had already run away.
Xie Wanyun felt more and more puzzled, but it was getting late and the palace gates were about to be locked, so she didn't have time to think too much.
As soon as I left the palace gate, I saw Yan Suizhi's figure. I wondered if this person had been guarding the door the whole time.
When Yan Suizhi saw her come out, he breathed a sigh of relief and went to greet her.
Xie Wanyun pretended not to see it and continued walking forward. Yan Suizhi immediately followed.
She felt inexplicably at ease and a little warmth in her heart.
It feels so good to have someone care about you.
She stopped and looked back at him.
"Meimei. I'm glad you're okay." Yan Suizhi said in a low voice.
"Have you been waiting for me here?"
Yan Suizhi nodded.
"Why are you doing this..." Xie Wanyun sighed.
"I said, I always think of you and our Jinbai in my heart. Now that Jinbai is not around, I naturally have to protect you."
Xie Wanyun thought, you are just a scholar, and you need me to protect you when you are in danger. What are you protecting me for? However, she was ultimately warmed by his kindness.
However.
"Do you know what happened in the palace today?" she said calmly.
Yan Suizhi naturally knew this, which was why he had been waiting at the palace gate.
His spy reported that Li Fengmian would take advantage of Xie Wanyun's simultaneous entry into the palace today to stir up trouble. The eunuch who tipped off was Li Fengmian's man.
He instructed Chen Zhao to be vigilant and investigate, and indeed, he had uncovered the eunuch. However, this was not the time to deal with Li Fengmian, so Chen Zuo led his men to intensify patrols and arranged for repairs to the damaged railings. Fortunately, they were able to prevent a further incident.
However, he didn't see Xie Wanyun walk out of the palace unharmed, so he was still worried. So he kept waiting here.
Looking at Yan Suizhi's expression, Xie Wanyun felt a surge of anger in his heart.
It's always like this, he always says he's doing it for her own good, but he never tells her anything and hides everything from her. Does he have any trust in her at all?
She is not a delicate flower in a greenhouse and does not need his protection!
Yan Suizhi knew she was angry again, so he had no choice but to follow her carefully.
Xie Wanyun walked faster and faster, her robe fluttering. She was a martial artist, and releasing a bit of her internal energy made her walk like the wind.
Yan Suizhi couldn't catch up, so he could only shout breathlessly, "Meimei! Wait a minute, I have something to give you."
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