The imperial physician then realized the terrible thing he had inadvertently said. His face turned pale instantly, and cold sweat poured down his back. It took him a long time to find his voice, "Madam, the Prince..."
"No need for explanations." Gu Qingqiu glanced at him and knew what the imperial physician was thinking. "I know it was the prince who poisoned me."
The imperial physician's expression was complicated. "Madam...when did you find out?"
"Are you trying to ask me if I regret taking the Gelsemium elegans to save the prince?" Gu Qingqiu said with a smile, "Actually, I knew after I woke up. The library in the prince's mansion has a wide variety of medical books, and I flipped through them when I had nothing to do."
"Since you know this, why did you..." The imperial physician was utterly shocked, "Why did you risk your own life to save the prince's life?"
"Good question." Gu Qingqiu lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then chuckled softly. "Maybe I owed him in my past life? Maybe it's because I love him that I'm willing to give everything for him?"
When the imperial physician packed up his medicine box and left, he was still somewhat dazed. When he saw Chu Yunhan standing at the door, he was so frightened that he dropped the medicine box on the ground.
"Your Highness..." The imperial physician's legs went weak and he knelt down. He didn't know when Chu Yunhan had been standing at the door, nor how much Chu Yunhan had heard, but the things he and Gu Qingqiu had talked about were enough to bring him to his death.
Chu Yunhan had arrived long ago. He was already worried about the imperial physician being alone with Gu Qingqiu, fearing that Gu Qingqiu would find out the specifics of his physical condition.
Actually, he wanted to interrupt Gu Qingqiu when she first started probing the imperial physician, but he didn't expect Gu Qingqiu to be so surprising, dropping one bombshell after another.
She knows everything...
Chu Yunhan felt as if he were in an ice cellar, his hands and feet were ice-cold, and his face was as if all the blood had been drained from him. So what did Gu Qingqiu think of his concealment all this time? Was he trying to cover up his crimes?
What was Gu Qingqiu thinking while she was cooperating with my performance? Did she secretly laugh at my poor acting skills?
But in the end, Chu Yunhan heard an answer he never dared to imagine—Gu Qingqiu said she loved him.
How could she love him?
How could he possibly deserve such intense love?
"Get out." Chu Yunhan didn't want to look at the imperial physician again and walked past him into the room.
After receiving acupuncture, Gu Qingqiu fell asleep. Looking at Gu Qingqiu's peaceful sleeping face, Chu Yunhan felt a deep sense of desolation.
He killed her with his own hands, using the most potent poison.
When Gu Qingqiu woke up, she was being held in Chu Yunhan's arms.
"What time is it?" Gu Qingqiu asked, glancing at the sky outside.
Chu Yunhan kissed the top of Gu Qingqiu's head. "It's 5 PM."
"It's so late?" Gu Qingqiu exclaimed in surprise. "I actually slept for so long? Why didn't you wake me up to take my medicine?"
Chu Yunhan was silent for a while before saying, "It's the hour of You (5-7 PM) on the second day. You're sleeping too soundly to be woken up. I've already given you the medicine."
"Oh...I see..." Gu Qingqiu stretched, feeling a sharp pain in her bones as if they were falling apart. "Have you been here with me the whole time?"
"Mm," Chu Yunhan said, "Don't worry, I will stay with you for the rest of my life."
Gu Qingqiu felt that Chu Yunhan's words had a hidden meaning, but her mind had become sluggish, and she could hardly figure out the connotation of Chu Yunhan's words from the short sentence. She could only say, "Your Highness, I am already very content to have married you in this life."
“But I am not satisfied.” Chu Yunhan looked into the distance. “I haven’t even had a chance to properly cherish you for a few days. This lifetime is too short, not enough. I want to be your husband for all eternity.”
Gu Qingqiu laughed, "Your Highness actually believes in reincarnation and such things?"
"I didn't believe it before, but I do now." Chu Yunhan suddenly said, "How about I go and ask for a red thread of fate for marriage?"
"What is that?" Gu Qingqiu asked with amusement. "Did you get a red thread that will allow us to be husband and wife in our next life?"
"Hmm." Chu Yunhan said, "It's a popular legend here. If both husband and wife have this thread tied to their bodies when they are buried, they will be able to spot each other in a crowd at a glance in their next life."
It sounded like a legend made up by the temple to boost the sales of red thread. Gu Qingqiu silently complained in her heart, but replied aloud, "Alright, then Your Highness must tie the red thread for me properly when I am buried. But if Your Highness doesn't want to be my husband anymore, or falls in love with someone else, then just throw away your red thread, so you won't be bound to this unlucky ghost in your next life."
Chu Yunhan lightly bit Gu Qingqiu's lip as punishment. Although Gu Qingqiu no longer felt pain, she could tell that Chu Yunhan was angry about this action, so she obediently opened her mouth and let Chu Yunhan's tongue invade her mouth.
Although Gu Qingqiu had lost her senses, Chu Yunhan did. He tasted the medicine in Gu Qingqiu's mouth; it was bitter, just like his current mood. But he couldn't bear to let Gu Qingqiu go.
Even knowing that getting close would bring bitterness, even knowing that getting close would cause harm, he still couldn't help himself.
Chu Yunhan was a man of action, and the next day he went to ask for the red thread himself. If Gu Qingqiu hadn't been unable to get out of bed, he would have preferred to bring her along, because he had heard that the red thread asked for together was more effective.
But since Gu Qingqiu couldn't come, Chu Yunhan kowtowed on her behalf, hoping that heaven would feel his sincerity and allow him and Gu Qingqiu to continue being husband and wife in the next life.
When Chu Yunhan returned to the manor, Gu Qingqiu was sitting on the edge of the bed looking out the window. When Chu Yunhan wrapped his arms around her from behind, she visibly stiffened, probably startled. "...You're back?"
"Hmm." Chu Yunhan felt that Gu Qingqiu's tone was a little strange, but he didn't think much of it. He was eager to wrap the red thread around Gu Qingqiu's wrist.
This was the first time Chu Yunhan had done something like this, and he was both excited and nervous; his hands were even trembling slightly.
Gu Qingqiu's wrist was too thin. Most people only needed to wrap the red thread three times, but Chu Yunhan wrapped it four times to ensure that it wouldn't slip off Gu Qingqiu's wrist.
After finally finishing tying the red thread, Chu Yunhan held Gu Qingqiu's hand tightly with his own hand, which was also tied with a red thread. He couldn't help but say, "Qingqiu... I love you..."
Unexpectedly, Gu Qingqiu stared blankly at their clasped hands, without reacting.
A bad feeling welled up in Chu Yunhan's heart, and he raised his voice, saying, "Qingqiu... I love you!"
Gu Qingqiu still didn't react, staring blankly at her wrist, as if trying to discern the red thread on it.
Chu Yunhan panicked. He roughly turned Gu Qingqiu's body around, making her look at his face, and said urgently, "Gu Qingqiu, I said I love you, did you hear me?"
Gu Qingqiu only saw Chu Yunhan's anxious face and his mouth opening and closing. She looked apologetic and said, "I'm sorry... What did you say?"
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