Ready at any time
The uprising in the small southwestern town was ultimately suppressed by Lin Kuo and Ning Xunxu. Although it was a successful suppression, it was actually an alliance. Lin Kuo and Ning Xunxu were adept at saying one thing to one person and another to someone else, talking about the common good and upholding morality, which moved the rebels to tears.
Then, the matter was resolved satisfactorily.
However, the Emperor seemed preoccupied with this matter and did not attend court for several days. According to a reply from the capital, Ning Chanyuan was ill, and the Emperor had been with her for five days.
When Ning Xunxu heard that his sister was sick, he narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "There will always be a way to see my sister."
Under the moonlight, he arrived at the palace. Knowing that the secret guards and golden-armored soldiers were watching over his sister, he couldn't see her. So he stopped worrying and simply sat on the roof, holding a megaphone and shouting, "Sister! Sister! I want to see you! Are you feeling better!?"
Ning Xunxu is Ning Chanyuan's younger brother. Apart from preventing him from seeing Ning Chanyuan, what can the secret guards and golden-armored soldiers do to him? At this moment, he shouted with a megaphone, and a group of people went to persuade him.
However, it was no use.
Finally, the door opened.
The Emperor glanced at Ning Xunxu on the roof and said impatiently, "Yu Qu just fell asleep, and you woke her up again."
Ning Xunxu rolled off, brushed past him, and went inside.
Upon hearing the news, Wu Qi laughed heartily in Yi Shen's arms, exclaiming that Han Su had come up with a surprising plan. Yi Shen held her close, smiled faintly, and shook his head, saying, "A letter from the capital says that Sister Yu Qu is out of danger."
Wu Qi rubbed his face and asked, "Don't you still know who that force in the palace is?"
Yi Shen said, "Sister Yuqu."
“Then we’re in big danger.” Wu Qi curled his lips. “Now that we know, Sister Yuqu is probably in trouble herself.”
Yi Shen replied, "Not necessarily."
They lived in Changru Town, a place isolated from the outside world, and only knew about news from the capital through correspondence. However, some things could not be delayed indefinitely.
For example, phoenix feathers.
Wu Qi said, "Alright, I'm going to research the phoenix feathers now."
The development of Phoenix Feather, like the previous development of Cannon Scale, left Wu Qi exhausted. She spent all her time holed up in her study. Since she was in Changru Town and secretly developing Phoenix Feather, she usually used Liu Ge to simulate the model of Phoenix Feather.
Even so, it will still cause tables and chairs to explode.
Yi Shen dared not leave her side for even a moment, for fear that she would get hurt.
Wu Qi didn't wear pretty dresses or do her hair up. She always used a pen as a hairpin to tie her hair up, or broke off a tree branch in the courtyard to use as a hairpin.
Perhaps it was because she was in a good mood these days, or perhaps it was because the sunshine in Changru Town always shone generously on everyone, but every day when Wu Qi woke up, her face showed nothing but tiredness.
She had not forgotten the lives and deaths of those people, but the deaths she had witnessed and the people who had lost their lives because of her were no longer the shackles that bound her and made her drowsy and moldy.
She will never forget it in her life.
Many regrets will not disappear with the wind; they are like sharp blades cutting wounds into the heart. The heart beats with life, but the wounds will not heal with the beating.
She will carry her scarred heart to the end.
The world is full of regrets, and the gods are too cruel. Perhaps this is what Wu Qi needed to take away from this world.
However, she needed to vent.
Yi Shen noticed that during intimate moments, Wu Qi would always unintentionally seek pain, as if physical pain was her way of venting.
He couldn't bear to part with it.
Often, after a couple of slaps, they'd kiss and coax each other repeatedly.
Naturally, the place where you hit someone should be the place where you kiss them.
Even if he didn't do anything, Yi Shen would still press her down and kiss her.
Wu Qi seemed completely unaware that she was exceptionally indulgent towards Yi Shen in such matters, to the point of almost drowning him. At eighteen, she wasn't entirely ignorant of these things. To do such a thing while knowing absolutely nothing wasn't the purity the world spoke of, but rather stupidity.
Be careful what you kiss, even if it hurts.
Hug and kiss, but be careful to wipe away tears.
Yi Shen wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and sighed with heartache, "You've spoiled me too much." He admitted to her indulgence, even though he wasn't sure if he would take it back after saying it.
However, Wu Qi said wearily, "You can't bear to hurt me."
Because she was Yi Shen, she was treated with great care and asked for his help without hesitation.
Yi Shen pinched her nose and said, "Are we going to fight our way back to the capital?"
Wu Qi said, "It will be soon."
Yi Shen smiled and said, "Then I'll be ready at any time."
The constant uprisings in the small southwestern town were a great annoyance to everyone in the imperial court, but the powerful ministers who held considerable power remained unmoved. When asked why, they would reply, "This matter is of great importance, and only His Majesty can decide."
This was not a decision made out of favoritism towards their own children, but rather a decision made by the Emperor himself—anyone who dared to act arbitrarily in the event of an uprising would be executed without mercy.
However, Ning Chanyuan fell seriously ill again, and the Emperor stayed by her side at all times.
One after another, renowned doctors entered the palace, and rare herbs were sent to the palace as if they were free. Ning Chanyuan became known as a "vixen" and a "beauty in troubled times" in the eyes of the people.
Ning Xunxu scoffed. If anyone said he had overheard his sister, he would take his sword and wander around that person's mansion, smashing whatever he didn't like. Once, he even smashed the man's plaque.
Naturally, some people were dissatisfied and reported the matter to the Emperor, asking him to give justice.
The Emperor replied, "Your words have caused trouble; what can I do about it?"
Everyone was in a panic. Fortunately, a folk healer couldn't stand it anymore and scolded, "The ministers are doing nothing, putting the blame for the destruction of the country on a seriously ill woman. I'm going to see for myself. If I cure this woman, who will you pin the blame for the destruction of the country on?"
After saying that, she carried her medicine box and stepped into the palace.
Ning Xunxu pressed his sword against the woman's forehead and said, "You say you can save my sister?"
The female doctor gave a cold laugh and turned to leave.
"Hey, hey, no, no, I'm afraid you'll hurt my sister! You know a lot of people are cursing my sister and trying to harm her. Please, stop!"
Although Ning Xunxu had never heard of this person, he knew why the goddess physician had come to the palace. He felt a great deal of respect for her and quickly walked up to her, saying, "Senior, please wait!"
The female doctor stopped in her tracks and yelled, "Have you no shame?!"
Ning Xunxu apologized earnestly and sincerely asked, "Can you really save my sister?"
The female doctor said, "I won't save you. Let him die."
"Please save my sister, I'll do anything for you."
The female doctor said, "You're sick."
Then, he turned around and stepped into the palace.
Her arrival undoubtedly brought hope to the Emperor. Before sending someone to lead her in, he exerted pressure on her both openly and secretly, offering her gold, silver, jewels, official titles, and ranks, but his only request was to save Ning Chanyuan's life.
The goddess doctor sighed, thinking to herself, "What kind of weird things have I encountered today?"
Before even meeting the patient, I encountered a bunch of monsters and demons.
Upon entering the house, the divine physician finally saw Ning Chanyuan.
Her gentleness is visible to the naked eye, and her beauty is overwhelming.
Ning Chanyuan had her hair down and was wearing a nightgown. The numerous medicinal herbs surrounding her gave her an increasingly strong medicinal fragrance, but the treatment over the past few days had left her pale.
She smiled at the beautiful doctor, her eyes gentle. She stood up, took the doctor's hand, and softly comforted her, "Don't be too nervous."
She knew her body well.
The female doctor turned her hand around, took the opportunity to check her pulse, and said, "She's difficult to save, but she can be saved."
The Emperor draped his outer robe over Ning Chanyuan's shoulders, and whether as a reminder or disbelief, he said, "The people we've invited all say they can't save her."
Ning Chanyuan turned to look at him and patted him on the shoulder.
The goddess doctor said, "Because they are all idiots, and I am the only genius."
Ning Chanyuan chuckled and said, "Little genius, let's eat first."
After the divine physician nodded, Ning Chanyuan sent someone in to ask her what she wanted to eat. The divine physician listed a bunch of dishes, and Ning Chanyuan added a few more with a smile on her face.
The Emperor held her hand tighter and tighter.
The dishes she added later were all his favorites.
"Wait a moment." Ning Chanyuan added a few more dishes and, in front of the Emperor, without waiting for his permission, sent someone to invite Ning Xunxu down from the roof.
The emperor was displeased, but remained silent.
As soon as Ning Xunxu entered, he looked Ning Chanyuan up and down. Ning Chanyuan smiled and said, "Alright, I'm fine. Are you hot on the roof?"
Ning Xunxu shook his head, turned to the female doctor and asked, "How is my sister?"
"It can be saved, but not yet," the female doctor said.
"Why?" This was the first time Ning Xunxu had heard the words "can be saved" from the mouth of a miracle doctor.
"Because I'm hungry, I need to eat."
"Can he be saved!?" Wu Qi was so surprised that she couldn't even hold her chopsticks properly, and the vegetables fell into the plate. She didn't care at all, took the letter from Yi Shen's hand, and read it word by word.
After reading it, she exclaimed with delight, "Sister Yuqu can really be saved!"
Yi Shen said, "The goddess doctor pricked Sister Yuqu's body with needles for three days. After three days, Sister Yuqu developed a high fever. The goddess doctor wouldn't allow Sister Yuqu to take medicine. That person was very angry and almost killed her."
"I said she can't eat it, and that means she can't eat it. You gave her the medicine today, and she will die in an hour." The goddess physician sat in her chair, leisurely sipping her tea. It must be said, the tea in the palace is indeed excellent.
"You..." The Emperor knelt on one knee, tightly holding Ning Chanyuan's hand. Seeing that she was delirious from the fever, he said in a panic and anger, "Guards, kill her."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the golden-armored army arrived.
Ning Xunxu stood in front of the goddess physician and said to the emperor, "Aren't you shameless? It's not enough that you imprisoned my sister, you also want to kill people for her. Do you dare to do her any good deeds?"
The female doctor said, "I told you I could save her, and I also said that she can't take any medicine right now. If she pulls through, there's still hope."
In the middle of the night, Ning Chanyuan vomited blood repeatedly.
Ning Xunxu was at a loss, as if he had returned to the time after his parents' death. But back then, he still had his sister by his side; now, his sister was also going to...
He held Ning Chanyuan's hand tightly and said, "Sister..."
"She's fine, she can live." The goddess doctor checked Ning Chanyuan's pulse and casually tossed a handkerchief to Ning Xunxu. "You were too loud and disturbed her. Let her get some sleep."
“And you,” she turned and pointed at the Emperor, reminding him repeatedly, “Don’t disturb her, don’t touch her, don’t hug her, and don’t even touch her! If you dare to hurt my patient and ruin all my efforts, I will poison you and make you wish you were dead.”
The Emperor nodded slightly and had them escorted out.
Ning Xunxu said, "Thank you."
The female physician replied without ceremony, "You're welcome. I don't have a place to stay in the capital, so please make arrangements."
"Then come back to the Ning residence with me."
"Oh. Okay."
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