Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Jinjiang Authentic
Gu Shi's expression was relaxed and natural, and he seemed to know nothing about the fake death drug.
She had to hide it from Gu Shi and quickly go out to find Qing Ye to interrogate him...
Just as Lingchuan was about to stand up from the chair in a hurry, Gu Shi pressed his shoulders from behind.
"Where are you going? Why are you so restless?"
She felt a warm touch on her shoulder. Gu Shi was talking next to her ear, and his voice made her back itch. The heat made Lingchuan shiver violently.
Lingchuan immediately forced herself to take a deep breath. Now she absolutely could not show any panic in front of Gu Shi and arouse his suspicion.
She tilted her head back, pulled the corners of her mouth together, and gave a perfunctory smile.
"Nothing."
"You're so anxious, how can it be nothing?"
He bit the tip of Lingchuan's ear. Lingchuan felt wet and cold on his ear. He suddenly felt irritated and reached out to push him away, and half of his body hid far away.
"Tell me quickly, why are you so uneasy?"
His incessant questioning made Lingchuan even more upset. She frowned, bit her lip, and asked:
"Do you really want to hear it?"
"Of course I will."
Gu Shi frowned and reached out to pinch her chin.
"You were too fast last night."
Gu Shi blushed and argued:
"I didn't! I didn't..."
She glanced at Gu Shi and made up something casually, just to vent her anger by saying a few insults to him. It was him who had upset her.
She interrupted his defense directly:
"Nothing? Explain clearly."
Gu Shi stammered and couldn't say anything. He just lowered his head with a red face.
"Anyway, I don't really want to bother with you right now."
She stood up impatiently.
"I'm going out for a walk by myself. Don't follow me."
She looked at Gu Shi's mischievous look, her eyes rolled, and an idea came to her mind.
"I heard that the doctors at the Imperial Hospital are researching pharmacology. Are they working on aphrodisiacs? You're not secretly taking that stuff just to stay afloat, are you?"
Although the provocation method was crude, it was effective. After being provoked by Lingchuan, Gu Shi immediately became furious and said:
"I don't have any use for that kind of thing..."
"Really? Then what are they researching in such a mysterious way?"
"I'm so busy that I can't take care of the Imperial Hospital!"
It is indeed impossible for Gu Shi to take care of everything. It seems to be true... She still has a chance to get the fake death drug back from the Imperial Hospital.
Lingchuan started biting her thumb nail because of excessive anxiety, and Gu Shi put his hand on her back.
"Why, you're not satisfied? Then give me a chance to prove myself now."
"Let's talk about it after the baby is born. The female doctor said that you can't have sex during pregnancy."
She impatiently wanted to get rid of Gu Shi, this dog-skin plaster, and all she wanted in her heart was to ask Qingye where he had put her fake death drug.
But now Gu Shi is really clingy. Even if she says she wants to go out for a walk by herself, Gu Shi will definitely stick to her like a dog.
She couldn't get rid of him, it was so annoying, she could only fool him for the time being.
"Gu Shi, why are you clinging to me so tightly? What on earth do you want to do?"
"I just want to see your paintings."
"Then I'll draw you one right away."
She picked up the brush impatiently, dipped it in the ink in a rather careless manner, and twisted it on the inkstone.
"You're being reckless, using the brush like that."
"Humph, who told you to watch me paint?"
Lingchuan lowered his head and, with a sense of humor, drew an extremely abstract, long dog with its tongue hanging out, its tail curled up, and crawling on the ground.
"Look, this is you."
Gu Shi took the rice paper, sighed and said:
"So childish."
"Humph, you know I'm uneducated and unskilled. I only know how to draw this."
Lingchuan rolled his eyes at him.
"I'm taking a break. Can you go do something of your own?"
"Why do you dislike me so much?"
She glanced at him with a sneer, and Gu Shi immediately regretted it. It would have been better not to ask. It was really humiliating to himself. There would definitely be a lot of unpleasant words waiting for him.
But to his surprise, Lingchuan said nothing and just lay on the bed in a daze.
She had no intention of speaking nonsense to Gu Shi, as her mind was solely on the matter of the fake death drug.
Even if it is tested to be a fake death drug, as long as he refuses to give Qin Sizhao up and insists that he doesn't know what the drug is used for, nothing should happen in the end.
It's just that her escape plan was completely ruined...
This fake death drug is her only chance. If it fails, she will be tied to Gu Shi for the rest of her life... without a break for the rest of her life.
She could even accept her fate, but what would Qin Sizhao think of her then?
A person who does not keep his promises and is indecisive.
He traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to take the exam and never gave up on her. He had shown great courage and determination for her. She just didn't want to escape at the critical moment and disappoint him.
It’s really... fate.
Lingchuan smiled self-deprecatingly.
Now there are only six days left, and if I sleep again, it will be reduced to five days.
If she couldn't get the fake death drug back within these five days, she would have let Qin Sizhao down for risking his life, and would end up in tatters.
She first felt extremely guilty towards Qin Sizhao, regretting that she had placed the most important pill so carelessly, and kept blaming herself for her negligence.
Afterwards, Lingchuan suddenly became energetic again. There were only five days left anyway, which was neither long nor short. During these five days, she would do her best to get the pill back.
Since he has already committed such a capital crime for her, can't she be a little braver for him?
She didn't know how long it had been before Gu Shi lay beside her, hugging her intimately.
His body temperature enveloped her, but her heart was filled with another man.
Lingchuan thought, so this is what it means to sleep in the same bed but have different dreams.
She touched Gu Shi's cheek. If there were only a few days left, she would still be happy to coax him, but if she had to spend her whole life with him, she would want to ascend to heaven right now and beg her mother to take her away.
"Lingchuan, do you want to go to the palace with me and rest for half a month?"
"Are you crazy? I'm pregnant and I can't stand the bumpy ride."
Lingchuan quickly found a reason to reject Gu Shi's proposal, which really scared her. If she was taken away to the palace, the fake death medicine would definitely be lost.
"But I see you walking around every day and looking quite energetic."
"My mother said that it's okay to walk around more while you're pregnant, but you can't eat too much or sit in a carriage for too long. Besides, the palace is a waste of money and labor, and we only live in it a few times a year. We should tear it down and get some silver."
"The fiscal deficit hasn't reached that level yet, so you don't have to worry about it."
Lingchuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he just turned over and pretended to sleep with his back to him.
As he pretended, Lingchuan actually fell asleep.
She had a rather bizarre nightmare.
She looked down and found herself standing in a circle with a radius only one step wide, and outside was darkness and nothingness.
She was surrounded by many waist-high roses in the circle. The roses grew taller and taller, and the thorny branches wrapped around her neck, pricking her and making her feel weak all over.
At this time, Gu Shi was standing in front of her.
Then the color of the dream suddenly changed and it turned into a wet dream.
Gu Shi stretched out his hand towards her.
"It hurts! Stop it! Cut off these branches!"
He turned a deaf ear and continued with his actions.
Lingchuan felt his face was wet, and when he reached out to wipe it, it was red blood.
The thorns of the rose had made many round cuts on her body. She looked like a sieve, with blood oozing from her whole body.
"Gu Shi! Can't you see I'm bleeding? Let me go!"
She yelled angrily and hysterically.
He still turned a deaf ear.
"Gu Shi... please... spare me..."
Her voice turned into a scream for mercy.
"ah!"
Lingchuan woke up in shock, reached out to touch his wet face, raised his hand and saw transparent tears.
Luckily it wasn't blood...it was just a nightmare.
She breathed a sigh of relief, then fell into an inexplicable sadness.
Even a nightmare can scare her to tears. She is such a loser.
She narrowed her eyes and angrily looked at Gu Shi who was sleeping beside her. It was this man who had hurt her so much in her dream.
He deserves a beating.
She kicked Gu Shi directly in the knee, just to vent her anger for the helpless herself in the dream.
“What are you doing!”
Gu Shi was kicked in a daze and protested in a low voice.
Lingchuan felt that he was indeed being unreasonable, so he mercifully let him go.
"Go to sleep. I'm calm."
With Lingchuan's permission, Gu Shi turned over, hugged Lingchuan, and continued to sleep.
In order to avenge her kick, he slept directly on her shoulder. He had a big frame and was tall, and his weight was so heavy that Lingchuan felt like there was a weight on his shoulder.
His hair prickled her neck, feeling heavy and itchy, very annoying.
Lingchuan couldn't help but push him away, but the more she pushed, the tighter he hugged her.
It was almost impossible to breathe, just like the rose that was entangled in my dream.
Lingchuan thought about it and felt that the kick he received was not unfair.
"Don't move, let me hold you for a while."
He whispered in Lingchuan's ear, reached out to touch her cheek, and stroked her lips.
"Let go, I want to sleep!"
Lingchuan bit his hand hard, and Gu Shi felt pain and could only pull his hand back.
"Do you hate me that much?"
"Do you know how heavy you are?"
"You think I'm fat? I've been very restrained in my diet recently and even lost some weight."
"I said sink, and it's sink! Let me go!"
He was suddenly awakened by Lingchuan's groundless accusations, and reached out to hurriedly unbutton his shirt.
"Look, I'm not fat at all. Don't you see the clear lines on my belly? This is all the result of my diet and regular exercise."
Lingchuan didn't even bother to look at her and turned away.
"It's dark and I can't see clearly."
He pulled her hand to touch his abdominal muscles and said aggrievedly:
"Don't be so unfair to me. Even if you can't see it, you can always feel it. I'm not fat at all! Besides, I only control my diet for you."
Lingchuan's face suddenly turned red and he pulled his hand back.
"It's the middle of the night, why are you acting so crazy and not sleeping? You are so frivolous."
Gu Shi felt a little embarrassed and lay down with his back to her.
"Go to sleep. I'm not fat anyway."
After a while, Gu Shi's breathing became steady, but Lingchuan couldn't fall asleep at all.
She casually put on Gu Shi's coat, got out of bed, and walked to the door. There was only a little palace maid serving outside.
"Your Majesty...it's a chilly morning. What are you doing up so early..."
"Where is Aoba?"
Lingchuan asked.
"Sister Qingye went home on leave last night. She's the most diligent and hasn't had a vacation in a year."
Lingchuan cursed softly and bit his lower lip.
She could take her vacation at any other time, but she had to choose this time.
"Let me ask you again, did she take anything to the Imperial Hospital?"
"I don't know! Sister Qingye doesn't like to talk to us... To be honest, I'm afraid of her..."
Lingchuan thought, it would be fine if Qingye sent the medicine to the Imperial Hospital for testing... then he could just come back quietly.
But if she hadn't sent it, she would really have no clues at all. The more Lingchuan thought about it, the more scared she became.
There was no way out. Things had come to this point. She didn't care whether it would alarm Gu Shi. She could only go to the Imperial Hospital while he was attending the morning court and get to the bottom of the matter.
Lingchuan only knew that he was very busy with all kinds of affairs, and she bet that he would never ask about the affairs of the Imperial Hospital.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound in her stomach. Lingchuan felt that her stomach was empty. She had not eaten or slept well in the past few days and her spirit was almost drained. She casually ordered the little palace maid to bring her some snacks.
After eating, it was time for Gu Shi to prepare for the morning court session.
She pretended to be gentle with a forced smile, walked up to him, and helped him dress himself.
"Lingchuan, what happened today?"
To be honest, when Lingchuan is angry, Gu Shi will be afraid, and when Lingchuan is gentle, Gu Shi will fall into anxiety and panic.
If she hadn't done anything wrong, she wouldn't be so gentle to him. Gu Shi knew it very well.
"I had a nightmare last night. In the dream, you were not a human being. I woke up in anger and kicked you. After that, I realized that I was being unreasonable, so I served you this time and comforted you."
He whispered in her ear with a hint of sarcasm:
"Tell me in detail, how come I wasn't a human in your dream?"
Lingchuan glared at him fiercely, and with a flick of his hand, his belt fell directly to the ground.
"Hmph, you deserve to be beaten. I don't care about you anymore. Go and put it on yourself."
Gu Shi put on his clothes with a smile, hugged her from behind and kissed her cheek.
"I'm going to court first. When I come back, you can tell me in detail. You must tell me about your dream in detail."
Lingchuan looked at his back, confirmed that he had left for court, turned around and hurried to the Imperial Hospital.
She hurriedly opened the door and asked loudly:
"My maid Qingye brought a pill for testing a few days ago. Where is it now? I order you to find it for me quickly!"
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