What happened in the past few years slowly echoed in Jiang Yanchuan's mind.
He was secretly pricked with needles by the nanny at night, beaten, scolded and threatened by the eunuchs, and the things and food sent by the empress dowager were snatched away... The eldest sister refused to see him.
The final scene was frozen on that snowy day, when he was taken to Changle Palace by a woman.
What on earth could have caused such a drastic change in her attitude? Jiang Yanchuan didn't believe a person's attitude could change so quickly.
His memories before the age of five were very vague, but he remembered that his eldest sister never liked him.
"Princess, the eldest prince hasn't woken up yet!"
"It's okay, I just came to take a look. I was really scared yesterday."
"Indeed, I was almost scared to death. Fortunately, Miss Qin came to rescue the eldest prince."
Jiang Qiao didn't respond to her, as she knew very well what Qin Pianyue was thinking.
A familiar voice came from outside the hall, and Jiang Yanchuan's heart suddenly stopped. He had no idea how to face her now. Thinking about it, he closed his eyes.
"Crack—"
The door was pushed open.
Jiang Yanchuan heard the woman's footsteps getting closer and closer, and her hands under the quilt clenched little by little. What exactly did she want to do?
Jiang Qiao looked at the pale man on the bed and touched his face distressedly, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I couldn't have been more careful."
When he felt more touch on his face, Jiang Yanchuan opened his eyes. Her hands were so cold!
Seeing that he had woken up, Jiang Qiao asked with concern, "Ayan, how are you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Yanchuan pushed her hand away and said, "I'm fine. I'm just hungry."
The voice was as dull as ever, and Jiang Qiao couldn't notice any difference.
"Okay, but you can only drink some porridge now. When you get better, I will take you out of the palace to play."
Jiang Yanchuan nodded. Such a gentle Jiang Qiao really seemed unfamiliar to him.
The two of them just stared at each other. Jiang Qiao noticed something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on what it was. It just felt weird. She asked, "Ayan, are you feeling unwell?"
"No, I'm hungry."
Jiang Qiao didn't think about it anymore. She actually felt quite guilty looking at Jiang Yanchuan lying on the bed. How could someone like Qin Pianyue stay so quietly by her side?
Yuxing came in with a plate, "Princess, the porridge is here."
The porridge was too light, so Yuxing specially brought two refreshing side dishes.
Jiang Qiao wanted to help him up, but he dodged her, so she had to withdraw her hand awkwardly, and the strange feeling came again.
"Let me feed you!"
Jiang Yanchuan seemed not to hear anything and picked up the bowl by himself. Perhaps it was because the medicine was too strong, his arms were weak.
Jiang Qiao just thought that he was even more stupid, so he ignored her.
She couldn't bear it any longer, so she snatched the bowl of porridge from his hand, patiently scooped the porridge with a spoon, blew it to cool it down a little, and fed it to his mouth.
"Drink quickly! I'll feed you."
Jiang Yanchuan's ears turned red, but he still opened his mouth and drank the porridge.
quiet……
The bowl of porridge is empty.
Jiang Qiao covered him with the quilt again and told him, "Ayan, don't worry. I won't let anyone bully us again. You should take good care of yourself. I'll come to see you when I have time and bring you some pudding next time."
"Um."
Jiang Qiao left, and Jiang Yanchuan sat up again, staring at the direction the woman left without saying a word.
…
Out of Yonghe Palace.
Jiang Qiao's face turned cold. "Qin Pianyue saved Ah Yan last night. How did the emperor reward her?"
Yu Xing didn't notice that Jiang Qiao called him the Emperor instead of Father. She replied, "In the past, most of the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital were punished by the Emperor, and there was a shortage of staff. The Emperor granted her special permission to practice medicine in the Imperial Hospital. After learning of her proficiency in medicine, he made an exception and appointed her as a female official."
Jiang Qiao's eyes grew sharp. "The reward is so generous! A mere concubine's daughter can actually become a third-rank official."
Yu Xing explained, "After all, the eldest prince is the emperor's only prince, and he is in front of all the officials, so the reward is indeed a bit generous."
"Since she is already an official in the Imperial Hospital, Yuxing, please ask her to come to Changle Palace and tell her that the princess is ill."
"yes."
…
Changle Palace.
Qin Pianyue looked at the big words above the palace gate and felt inexplicably uneasy in her heart. She always felt that the princess knew something.
Yu Xing reminded the people behind her, "Miss Qin, please go in quickly. The princess is waiting for you in the main hall."
"yes."
It's okay, it's okay. Those medicines were prepared by her according to the methods of her world. No one in this ancient world can find them.
Qin Pianyue breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the main hall with calm steps.
Inside the palace, the charcoal fire was plenty bright and it wasn't cold at all. The princess's residence was different. The air was filled with a faint cool fragrance, which was incomparable to her residence in the Shangshu Mansion.
Jiang Qiao was dressed in white and was practicing calligraphy, looking quite extraordinary.
"Your servant pays respects to the princess."
Jiang Qiao didn't stop moving his hands, "Get up!"
Qin Pianyue thought she would embarrass herself, but it was because she saved the eldest prince last night that she did not embarrass herself.
"Thank you, Your Highness. I wonder what's wrong with your body. I can take your pulse first."
As she finished writing the last stroke, Jiang Qiao looked up at her with a smile, "Miss Qin Er has climbed the ladder so quickly. In the blink of an eye, she has become a third-rank official. This princess really admires her."
"Princess, you're joking. It's just that the Emperor appreciates me. It just so happens that I know a little bit about medicine."
Jiang Qiao stared at her, as if seeing through her. "Then I want to ask you, how do you feel about using my brother as a stepping stone?"
Qin Pianyue suddenly felt a chill on her back. How did she know?
But she still pretended not to understand, "What do you mean, Princess?"
As soon as Qin Pianyue finished speaking, a cup suddenly hit her head, and blood instantly blurred her eyes.
"ah-"
"I told you to stay by my side, and you drugged Ah Yan the moment I left the table. How dare you, a lowly concubine's daughter, murder the prince?"
Qin Pianyue covered her forehead and knelt down, "I didn't do that! Even if you are a princess, you can't slander me out of thin air!"
"Really? Doctor Qin..."
Qin Pianyue's eyes widened in shock when she heard this familiar name again, "You... who are you?"
"you guess?"
Qin Pianyue felt scared for the first time. This woman was too scary. "Since you are the same as me, why do you treat me like this?"
Jiang Qiao sneered, "Because I'm different from you. I won't destroy other people's feelings, nor will I hurt people for no reason! I came here to stop you."
Qin Pianyue looked at her coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I will tell others?"
"Do you think anyone would believe it? Besides, do you think you can tell anyone about it today?"
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