Chapter 479 This time it's not my fault
Afu swallowed hard. His intuition told him that the young master might not be in a good mood. He didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he looked at Chuntao.
But Chun Tao was looking down, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes, her brows furrowed, her face dark and lost in thought.
He could only force a smile at Xie Liangchen and said cautiously, "Young Master, yes, she left early this morning. Now that it's getting dark, she should have already left Gu Kui. I heard from the village head that she went to the capital to become an imperial physician."
Xie Liangchen clenched his fists, lowered his eyes for a long while, and said in a hoarse voice, "How long have I been asleep? Did she leave any message before she left?"
Afu shook his head: "Young Master, you've slept for a whole day and night. Fortunately, Jiang Pangya's medicine is effective. Your serious illness really scared us to death."
As he spoke, Afu launched into a long-winded explanation: "That Jiang Pangya is really something. Now that she's risen to power, she doesn't even bother to visit her former master. She's such an ungrateful wretch. But we're different from her now. If it were before, I would definitely have gone and given her a piece of my mind."
"laugh."
As they were talking, they vaguely heard Chun Tao sneer beside them: "You? I bet you wouldn't dare to breathe loudly in front of Jiang Pangya."
Afu glared angrily: "Why wouldn't you dare breathe? I was only being polite because I was hoping she could help the young master with his illness. We still have a past relationship, don't we? Why would I be afraid of her? She's just a little girl."
Chun Tao glanced at him and said, "If you're not afraid, then go and scold her now. Scold her for being disloyal to her master and ruining her appointment."
Afu choked: "What are you talking about? How could I possibly ruin this? Besides, she's not the young master's servant anymore. She's from our Xie family. If the young master passes the imperial examination and she becomes a physician, they can at least help each other out. Why would I offend her for no reason?"
Chun Tao rolled her eyes at him. She knew he was a coward.
He gritted his teeth inwardly. Jiang Pangya was clearly a stupid and clumsy person who was inferior to him in every way. How could she have become like this?
Thinking about it carefully, she could hardly remember any connection between the Jiang Pangya of the past and the Jiang Pangya of the present.
They're like completely different people.
"Hey, do you guys think this Fatty Jiang is possessed by someone?"
"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you spouting?" Afu flicked his clothes in annoyance: "I think you're getting more and more insane!"
As she spoke, she seemed to remember something and suddenly said mysteriously, "Young Master, I just heard someone say this today: guess where the golden plaque hanging in Jiang Nuan's house, the one that says 'The Wonderful Art of Medicine,' came from?"
Xie Liangchen looked at Afu with a slightly dazed expression.
Afu said mysteriously, "That thing was actually a gift from the Emperor. I heard that the Emperor learned of Jiang Pangya's medical skills and specially bestowed this plaque upon her. That plaque has been hanging for quite some time now. Who is she treating? How did word of it reach the Emperor's ears?"
After saying this, neither Xie Liangchen nor Chuntao uttered a word.
Ah Fu, feeling snubbed, could only purse his lips and say, "However, no matter what, we got a good deal. She's probably been very busy these past two days, only taking the money for the first day, and the medicine for the rest was all given away for free. We should save at least two taels of silver this time."
Upon hearing this, Xie Liangchen suddenly turned and went out the door, leading his horse away.
Afu and Chuntao were both startled and hurriedly chased after him, asking, "Young Master, what are you doing?"
Xie Liangchen kept his lips pursed, and with his slightly frail body, he leaped onto his horse, spurred it on, and galloped away.
He stood ramrod straight, never bending even while riding. His usually gentle eyes, though flushed from illness, now held a hint of fortitude. He cracked his whip, braving the fierce north wind, and resolutely pressed forward, as if he had made a firm decision.
Afterwards, Chun Tao and A Fu were both stunned by this sudden scene.
It took Ah Fu a while to come to his senses. He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Oh dear, this is terrible! Young Master isn't fully recovered yet. What are you doing here?"
Chun Tao stomped her feet in anger: "Why are you bothering with what the young master is doing? Go after him now!"
"But how can I catch up?"
"Can't you figure out how to catch up? I'll borrow a horse or a donkey if you want, but we can't let the young master go out alone! What are we going to do with him dressed so thinly?"
Chuntao was extremely anxious. She turned around, grabbed a thick set of clothes and a string of copper coins, and stuffed them into Afu's hand.
Afu didn't care about anything else, grabbed the clothes, and ran out the door.
"Sister Nuan, it's so good to have you. We can eat this steaming hot pot again."
The little princess, her face beaming with happiness, sat by the pot, holding a bowl bigger than her head, her cheeks flushed as she ate.
Jiang Nuanzhi then picked up another piece of mutton from her plate and asked, "Is it really alright for you to come all this way with me? Aren't you going to wait for the Zhao family to return to the capital together?"
Upon returning to the village, the young princess led her entourage to the Empress Dowager's royal estate. After all, her purpose in coming here was to pick someone up, and Jiang Nuanzhi still felt that this was somewhat inappropriate.
"The Zhao family wants to get intimate with the Empress Dowager, so they insist on spending some time with her." The little princess rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky when she talked about Zhao Yuniang's family. "When they come to the capital, they'll have people from the Empress Dowager's side protecting them. They look down on me, which is a good thing for me! It saves me from any unpleasantness! That Zhao Niuniu, she dares to order me around? Heh, if I don't scare her so badly she wets her pants, I'll take her surname!"
Jiang Nuanzhi was completely confused: "So what exactly happened?"
Yu Chuan, who was standing beside her, wiped the mouth of his princess and explained, "Doctor Jiang, our princess frightened Miss Zhao so much at the royal estate that she developed a high fever. She cried and screamed whenever she saw her. The Empress Dowager was so bothered by the commotion that she granted the princess permission to return to the capital first."
The young princess rolled her eyes: "Ha, how come she wasn't scared to death! I should have brought more snakes. Did she think she was so capable for daring to provoke me, the princess?"
Jiang Nuanzhi chuckled upon hearing this: "She has some guts to provoke you."
The young princess rolled her eyes even more: "This time it's not my fault, Yuchuan, you tell me!"
Yu Chuan blinked twice, noticing a curious crowd gathered around, and hesitated before saying, "Zhao Yuniang must have lost her mind. She thinks our princess is just a pretty face without parents to back her up, and looks down on her. She has offended her repeatedly. To be honest, it's really not the princess's fault."
The young princess spread her hands: "See, I told you so!"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
For a moment, I didn't know how to evaluate Zhao Yuniang.
I used to think she might be reborn, but now I see, she doesn't seem like it at all; she's just too stupid.
"Hey, you're pretty good."
Baozhu, nestled in Jiang Nuanzhi's arms, listened intently with her little ears. Upon hearing this, she couldn't help but give the little princess a thumbs up.
(End of this chapter)
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