Imperial Physician Yang had just delivered medicine to the Empress Dowager's palace to report back, and at first glance he noticed something strange about the pot of green plants.

He hurriedly stepped forward, anxiously checking if Xiao Ruyu was okay, but in fact he took the opportunity to move sideways to block Yuzhu.

Fortunately, no one noticed anything unusual about the green plants, and everyone's attention was focused on Xiao Ruyu.

"Princess, are you okay?"

Eleven ignored the pain in his hand and started checking Xiao Ruyu's body.

"This princess is fine, but your hand..."

Seeing his fingers bleeding profusely, Xiao Ruyu felt guilty.

If she hadn't been too anxious just now, Eleven wouldn't have been injured.

Emperor Shangwen was obviously also frightened. He hurriedly came down from the hall and carefully examined Xiao Ruyu.

I breathed a sigh of relief after making sure she was unharmed.

"How can you be so reckless? How can you protect the princess's safety?"

Emperor Shangwen shouted angrily. The blade was so fast. If it hurt his little princess...

Seeing that Emperor Shangwen was angry, Eleven quickly knelt down and apologized.

"It's Eleven's fault, Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Since you admit your guilt, I will punish you by giving yourself twenty strokes of the cane as a warning."

Emperor Shangwen flicked his sleeves and said with a cold face.

It was clearly his own fault, but it implicated Eleven.

Xiao Ruyu felt very uncomfortable and immediately stepped forward to plead for mercy.

"Father, don't blame Eleven. It was me who tried to grab his dagger first."

【Wuwuwu, Daddy is so fierce. Daddy is not my dear daddy anymore.】

Emperor Shangwen was stunned, but still did not withdraw his order.

Seeing his expression soften, Xiao Ruyu used her trump card.

She stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Emperor Shangwen's clothes, staring at him with her big watery eyes.

"Eleven is small and weak, and can't stand the big stick. This son is not unscathed."

Seeing her like this, Emperor Shangwen's heart softened at once.

He picked up Xiao Ruyu, tapped her forehead with a hint of reproach, and acted as if he was lecturing her.

"Don't do this again. It would be fine if you bump into something, but the blade is so sharp..."

[I know that Daddy is the best, Daddy is so caring——]

“Ahem.”

Emperor Shangwen cleared his throat and frowned slightly.

"I'll spare you the beating, but the princess's safety is the most important thing. I'll punish you to face the wall and reflect on your mistakes for a month."

At this point, Xiao Ruyu could no longer plead for Eleven and watched the guards take him away.

She flapped her legs and jumped out of Emperor Shangwen's arms.

"Father, I will take my leave now."

【Eleven, wait for me. 】

Emperor Shangwen looked at her departing back, shook his head, and seeing nothing he could do about it, he let her go.

In the remote house, Eleven's thin figure looked particularly frail.

Xiao Ruyu took out a herb for stopping bleeding and healing wounds from the ring, and asked the palace maid to carry her to Eleven.

The palace maid was waiting outside the door, and Xiao Ruyu handed him the herbs.

"Thank you for your concern, Princess."

Eleven lowered his head and spoke in a calm tone.

[Eleven, are you angry with me? ]

[It's all my fault. I got you hurt and grounded. ]

Xiao Ruyu took his hand and applied the herbs to him. A faint spiritual power passed through her wrist.

Eleven's wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Eleven doesn't dare, but is afraid of the consequences."

"I'm afraid the princess will get hurt."

Xiao Ruyu felt warm in her heart and was about to say something when a strong hand picked her up from behind.

"Master?"

The person behind him was Doctor Yang.

"The side hall is cold and gloomy. Princess should not stay here."

Despite her objections, Doctor Yang picked her up and carried her away from the place of confinement.

Xiao Ruyu was a little unhappy. She pouted and followed him back to her palace in a dejected manner.

"Master, what are you doing? Eleven is injured."

Doctor Yang put her on the chair with a reproachful look on his face.

"You were too impatient and too abrupt today."

"Master, I know that you want to drip your own blood on Prime Minister Lu's wound to break the illusion that his wound has not healed yet, but this will inevitably hurt you."

Xiao Ruyu knew that his master was concerned about him and felt uneasy.

[How come Master is even more protective of him than in his previous life? 】

"What are you daydreaming about?" Doctor Yang pinched her little face.

Seeing that his tone had softened, Xiao Ruyu struck while the iron was hot and brought up the matter of Eleven.

"Master, you see how loyal Eleven is to me. You saw it in the temple today."

"He has spiritual roots in his body. It would be a shame if they were wasted."

"Why don't you take him in as your apprentice? I'd like him to be my junior fellow apprentice."

Xiao Ruyu blinked her big eyes and held his sleeve with her little hands, shaking him.

Doctor Yang's face froze. When he heard the word "junior brother", the feeling of being betrayed in his previous life was still vivid in his mind.

It would be fine if you could endure this kind of pain yourself, but it would be great if you could pass on what you have learned throughout your life to others.

What if, he is the next Dan Wandong.

If he and Xiao Ruyu became enemies one day, he didn't want to let his beloved disciple go through that feeling again.

"No, Master will not accept him as his disciple."

Doctor Yang took Xiao Ruyu's hand away, and for the first time his tone was a little stiff.

Seeing that he refused so straightforwardly, Xiao Ruyu temporarily gave up the idea.

Another five days passed.

Mr. Lu's illness had not yet been cured, and he had been staying in the palace.

Xiao Ruyu was carried out for a walk by Queen Duan. The weather in February was already showing signs of warming up.

She has been racking her brains these days thinking about how to expose Lu's father's conspiracy, but she still can't come up with a good solution.

[This Prime Minister Lu is really cunning and shameless. Who knows what bad ideas he might come up with while staying in this palace. ]

When Queen Duan heard her thoughts, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.

My daughter's talk is getting more and more clever.

With Eleven not by her side again, life seemed more and more boring.

In the afternoon, Doctor Yang came to the Queen's palace.

After checking the pulse of Empress Duan and Xiao Ruyu, he brought news about the Empress Dowager.

"The Queen Mother has been taking the medicine prescribed by this humble minister these past few days, but her health has not improved. This is really strange."

He said this to Queen Duan and also to Xiao Ruyu.

This was the first time that Doctor Yang had encountered such a difficult situation, so he wanted to see if Xiao Ruyu had any good solution.

[What? The Royal Grandmother's illness hasn't improved yet, this shouldn't be the case.]

Xiao Ruyu's heart was also full of doubts.

[Mother, please take me to visit the Imperial Grandmother.]

Queen Duan heard her thoughts and nodded, telling the maid to go to the Empress Dowager's palace.

Inside Shou'an Palace.

As Queen Duan entered the palace holding Xiao Ruyu, she heard a voice coming from inside.

"Your Majesty, according to my humble calculations, the Empress Dowager has not been in good health. I am afraid that someone..."

The wizard paused deliberately and looked up at Emperor Shangwen's expression.

Seeing that his expression did not change, she uttered the second half of the sentence.

"I'm afraid someone in the palace has cast a curse on the Queen Mother!"