Dugu Cang ordered the team to speed up and they arrived in the capital in less than ten days.
When the Regent returned to the capital, the common people along the way gave way to him. The roads were guarded by soldiers on both sides, so the journey was smooth and he soon entered the Regent's Palace.
Dugu Cang carefully carried Su Wanti into the main courtyard, and then asked someone to invite the master over.
The two subordinates who had accompanied him along the way breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Tingfeng was already in the mansion.
Tingfeng escorted Su Wanti's mother and child back to the capital. They had a safe journey and arrived in the capital three days ago.
The two subordinates reported everything that happened on the way to Tingfeng one by one, and then said:
"Thanks to Lord Tingfeng's reminder, we stayed close to the prince all the way, which prevented him from getting into trouble."
Tingfeng returned to Beijing early. Before leaving, he warned the two people that the prince would easily lose his mind when encountering things related to Miss Su, and would become unlike his usual self and would do some extreme actions.
If Miss Su encounters danger on the road, they must keep an eye on the prince and not let him follow Miss Su recklessly.
"Master Tingfeng, I leave the prince to you."
The two subordinates bowed and left.
Tingfeng couldn't help but sigh when he thought about what the two people had just said.
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Dugu Cang's master ended his wanderings a year ago and came to the Regent's Palace.
He carefully examined Su Wanti and said, "Doctor Zhang is right. This girl's head injury is the most serious, and there's probably blood stasis inside. She hasn't regained consciousness yet, probably because the blood stasis hasn't dissipated."
"I've also reviewed the prescription. It's the right medicine for the condition, so there's nothing wrong with it. I'll add two more herbs to enhance its effectiveness. If she doesn't wake up within five days, please publish a notice and recruit famous doctors from all over the world."
Hearing this, Dugu Cang frowned, his heart intensifying again, "Master, you are so capable and your medical skills are superb, but even you can't do anything?"
The master looked at Dugu Cang's thin and dejected face and sighed, "Cang'er, doctors are not omnipotent. It all depends on fate, the patient's own physical condition and the will to live. We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."
Dugu Cang slumped down on the chair beside the bed, his eyes dim. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't insisted on keeping her by my side, she wouldn't have been targeted by those idiots in Nanyue."
"Master, I regret it so much..."
The master patted his shoulder and said, "Cang'er, there's no point in saying this now. I will prepare the right medicine for her. As for how effective it is, it all depends on her luck."
"The worst outcome is lying in bed for the rest of her life, but Cang'er, remember, as long as she's alive, there's hope. As long as she's alive, there's hope of waking up."
Dugu Cang stared at Su Wanti in a daze and nodded blankly.
These days, he felt empty inside and lost, his beard was unshaved and he had no intention of taking care of it, so it stood there in a mess.
He stayed with Su Wanti all day, watching the time as he massaged her, changed her dressings, applied medicine, and fed her medicine, but he himself had no appetite, and his already thin cheeks became even more sunken.
Seeing his decadent appearance, the master couldn't help but feel distressed. When he was transformed a few years ago, he endured the tremendous pain of having his skin peeled off and his bones broken, but he had never been so depressed and decadent.
But now...
"Cang'er, now that things have come to this, you need to be more open-minded. The girl's condition is quite stable now, and there's a high possibility that she'll wake up, so you should relax. At the same time, you must also take good care of yourself. Don't wait until the girl wakes up before you collapse."
"Hmm..." As the master was speaking, a sudden flash of inspiration came to him and he remembered something.
"Cang'er, you wrote to me before and asked me if someone could only lose part of their memory... Are you talking about this girl?"
Dugu Cang nodded, "Master, she doesn't remember me, but she remembers her family, friends, and everything she loved since she was a child...but she doesn't remember anything about me."
"So I wrote to Master and asked if it was possible that some people with amnesia had not lost all of their memories, but only part of them."
"However, you were deep in the mountains at the time and didn't receive my letter in time. By the time you replied, she had already faked her death and left the capital. I was completely hopeless at that time, so I didn't even read your letter..."
The master's eyes were stern as he said, "I've actually seen the situation you describe. Some people suffer head injuries, and damage to a certain part of their brain can cause them to lose certain abilities or even certain memories."
"There's also another situation where, when a person experiences an extreme stimulus that they can't handle, they may temporarily lose some of their memory. The memory they lose is often related to the event that stimulated them."
After hearing what his master said, Dugu Cang's eyes darkened and the corners of his mouth twitched.
He suddenly held his head in his hands, in great pain, "That, that means, I might have wronged her..."
He suppressed his emotions for a while and said sullenly:
"I deserve to die."
His voice was hoarse and weak, revealing endless regret.
The master sighed softly and patted his shoulder. "I'm just saying there's this situation. Nothing is certain right now. Let's wait until this girl wakes up."
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In an exquisite house to the west of the backyard of the Prince Regent's Palace, Su Wanti's mother stood at the gate of the yard holding little Miaomiao, stretching her head to look outside.
The two arrived in the capital three days ago and were then arranged by Tingfeng to live in this courtyard.
The next day, Suyun and Chunxing also arrived.
The four of them lived in the Regent's Palace, and the servants of the palace served them very attentively, but Su's mother felt increasingly uneasy.
Just now, she heard some noise in the palace, as if someone was shouting that the prince was back. She ignored everything else and hurried to the gate of the yard to look out, trying to see something.
Su Yun came over and said, "Madam, it's hard to tell from this. I'll go ask around outside."
Su Yun was about to leave when her mother grabbed her hand. "Su Yun, tell me honestly, what is the relationship between Wan'er and the Regent? Why did the Regent travel all the way south to capture her? Why is the Regent so polite to us?"
These days, the Regent's men have been hiding things from her and are completely clueless about everything she asks.
Suyun and Chunxing also kept it a secret from her and told her nothing.
She couldn't bear it anymore and had to ask herself.
Su Yun's eyes were dodging, but Mother Su held her hand tightly and refused to let go. "Wan'er is my daughter. I must know what she has been through."
Moreover, she had a question in her mind, and she wanted to solve it.
They have all been arrested and taken to the Regent's Palace. There is no point in hiding it; the Madam will find out sooner or later.
Su Yun sighed softly, "Madam, the young lady and the Regent... that is, um, they have a very close relationship... the kind of intimacy between a man and a woman..."
She was not married yet, so she was naturally embarrassed to say it directly, but her hesitant words and her blushing face made everything clear and no more words were needed.
Mother Su frowned and murmured, "How is that possible?"
What man would accept another person's child?
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