"I am a servant in His Highness Xu's residence. His Highness has suddenly fallen ill, and his condition is very serious. He specifically sent me to find you." The servant was panting heavily, looking flustered and frightened.
"How could this be?" Yun Qingran was a little surprised. Nangong Xu looked like he could kill a bull with his bare hands, so how could he suddenly get sick?
"I don't know either. Princess Rongchang, please come with me to save His Highness Xu!" the servant pleaded anxiously.
"My medical skills are mediocre. You should go and find the imperial physician to treat him," Yun Qingran refused.
She wasn't familiar with Nangong Xu, so it wouldn't be appropriate for her to go to his residence so late at night.
"We've already seen all the imperial physicians in the palace, but they're all helpless. His Highness praised your medical skills and sent us to you," the servant explained.
"Excuse me……"
"His Highness Xu said that if you can cure him, he is willing to pay three million taels of silver for the consultation fee." The servant took out a silver note from his pocket. "Princess Rongchang, this is a silver note for two hundred thousand taels, which can be considered as a deposit for the consultation fee."
"I'm sorry, I didn't bring my first-aid kit with me. I'll go back and get it and then I'll go with you," Yun Qingran said with a smile.
She would be willing to pay three million taels of silver for a consultation, let alone treat Nangong Xu; she would even be willing to treat a pig.
A fool wouldn't take the money. (???)
"Alright, I'll go with you." The servant did not refuse Yun Qingran's request to return to the inn to get her medicine box.
In the darkness, Nangong Ye watched this scene with a heavy heart. Another two hundred thousand taels of silver had been spent. However, as long as the plan could succeed, two hundred thousand taels was fine.
Yun Qingran returned to the inn to retrieve her medicine kit and informed the delegation of this matter. "One should not harbor malicious intent, but one must be wary of others. If Nangong Xu is plotting something, the delegation can rescue her immediately."
Moreover, since he had made it public that he was going to Nangong Xu's residence, Nangong Xu wouldn't dare to do anything to him even if he wanted to. After all, he was the chief envoy of the wedding delegation. If something happened to him at his residence, Nangong Xu would be in deep trouble.
"Master, I'll go with you." Yingyu was worried about Yun Qingran and Green Immortal going.
“Alright, you can come with me.” Yun Qingran nodded. Ying Yu was highly skilled in martial arts, and she would feel more at ease with him around.
The three followed the servant to the Nangong residence. Compared to the Beihan Prince's residence, the Xu Prince's residence was a bit more modest, after all, Jun Molin was a super-rank prince, and his residence was larger than that of ordinary princes. But compared to ordinary residences, it was much more luxurious.
The palace was quiet at night, with only a few servants moving around occasionally, and a few guards patrolling.
"Why are the servants in your manor so calm when your lord is ill?" Yun Qingran felt something was amiss. If their master was seriously ill, why was the manor so quiet? Shouldn't they be frantically busy?
"Shh, Princess Rongchang, only a small number of people know that the Prince is ill," the servant whispered.
"Oh." Yun Qingran nodded. As one of the only two princes of Southern Chu, it wouldn't be surprising if Nangong Xu concealed his illness.
In her heart, Yun Qingran didn't feel that this trip would be dangerous. First of all, she was the chief envoy of the Northern Yin marriage delegation, and Nangong Xu would not allow anything to happen to her in his residence. Secondly, Nangong Xu seemed to be a decent person, and he shouldn't be capable of harming her.
A moment later, the servant led Yun Qingran to a rockery, then twisted a protruding stone on it. A mechanical turning sound was heard, and the rockery slowly opened.
Yun Qingran peeked inside and saw that it was glittering with gold and silver jewelry.
Yun Qingran felt a surge of excitement as she thought about all the little money she could make.
"Princess Rongchang, this is our Prince's private treasury. Our Prince is inside. Please go in, but only you can go in," the servant said.
"Isn't your prince sick? Why isn't he resting in his room? What's he doing in the treasury?" Green Immortal looked at the servant with suspicion.
"To be honest, our prince's illness suddenly flared up in the treasury. In order to cover our tracks and prevent people from knowing that our prince had suddenly fallen seriously ill, we didn't carry him out," the servant said, his words sounding reasonable and plausible.
"Why would your prince be in the treasury for no reason?" Green Immortal still felt something was amiss.
My master is greedy for money; his mind goes blank when money is involved. He needs to be more careful.
"His Highness has come to the treasury to inventory his gold and silver treasures," the servant said.
"If I had all this gold and silver jewelry, I'd sleep right here in there." Yun Qingran looked at the gold and silver jewelry, drooling with envy.
"Princess Rongchang, please." The servant gestured for her to enter.
"Okay." Yun Qingran nodded and went inside.
The space inside was small and completely open. After looking around, I didn't see Nangong Xu.
"Could it be inside?" Yun Qingran saw a door inside. She walked to the door and gently pushed it open.
After the door opened, looking inside, there was a room where Nangong Xu was sitting cross-legged on the bed.
"He can still sit up, so he's not seriously ill." Yun Qingran wondered, then asked softly, "Nangong Xu, I'm here. Are you feeling unwell?"
Upon hearing her voice, Nangong Xu's fair cheeks flushed an unnatural red, but he did not reply.
"Nangong Xu, if you don't say something, I'm leaving!" Yun Qingran called out to him again.
Nangong Xu slowly opened his eyes. The pale orange light illuminated his cold and handsome face, making his features appear even more alluring. His dark eyes subtly shimmered with an unusual light; he seemed somewhat abnormal tonight.
"Nangong Xu, where are you sick?" Yun Qingran felt a little uneasy.
Nangong Xu doesn't look sick, but he doesn't look normal either.
"Come here." Nangong Xu spoke. He hadn't spoken for several hours, and his voice was hoarse, giving him a particularly alluring quality in the empty room.
"I'm not coming over." Yun Qingran shook her head; she felt he was a bit dangerous.
The next second, Nangong Xu stood up, his figure appearing beside her like a shadow, and then he picked her up in his arms.
His handsome face was right in front of her, and a strong sense of hormones emanated from him, giving Yun Qingran goosebumps all over her body.
Damn, there's no such thing as a free lunch; it's another trap!
"Ranran, be my woman." Nangong Xu leaned close to Yun Qingran's face, his hot breath brushing against her skin, and soon her face burned.
"Nangong Xu, are you crazy?" Yun Qingran shouted and cursed.
"I'm not crazy." Nangong Xu carried her to the bed.
"You still say you're not crazy? If you're not crazy, do you know what you're doing?" Yun Qingran struggled incessantly, but his hands were like iron clamps, firmly imprisoning her and making her unable to move at all.
"I want you." Nangong Xu's eyes were bloodshot, like a wild beast.
"You haven't been drugged, have you?" Yun Qingran thought his condition resembled that of someone under the influence of an aphrodisiac.
Are aphrodisiacs really that widespread? How come I've been drugged and encountered one again in just two months?
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