Su Ruojin returned to her room, and Xiao Yanchu handed her a cup of tea. "How is Yanluo?"
Su Ruojin took the teacup and sat down. "I didn't give her Gao Hongyuan's medicine."
"You've discovered the problem?"
"Not yet. I'm just wondering, does it really take a whole month to cure a curse?"
Su Ruojin put down her teacup, took out the pills Gao Hongyuan had given her, placed them on a piece of white paper, crushed them, looked at them, and smelled them, but found nothing wrong.
"I can't tell what's in this pill." It seems that besides herbs, there are some other ingredients that Su Ruojin can't identify.
“The ingredients of the antidote should be different from the others,” Xiao Yanchu said.
Su Ruojin agreed, "I want to wait for Aya and Master's reply before we talk about it." Judging by the time, the reply should arrive by now.
Since it concerned Yanluo's life, she had to be careful, especially since Gao Hongyuan said that even if the curse was lifted, Yanluo would be unable to have children again.
Su Ruojin was unwilling to let Yanluo take this step until the very last moment. She always felt that everything in the world has its counter, and there should be other ways to resolve this curse.
Gao Hongyuan had no choice, or perhaps he lacked the ability, or perhaps he was unwilling?
Su Ruojin could not fully trust this imperial advisor.
On the other side, Hu Qing carried a bowl of chicken soup into Yan Luo's room.
"Yanluo, this is chicken soup I made for you in the kitchen. Drink it while it's hot."
Yan Luo looked at Hu Qing's concerned eyes, her nose tingled, and she suddenly pushed the bowl away from Hu Qing's hand.
Hu Qing was caught off guard, lost her grip on the bowl, and dropped it on the ground, spilling chicken soup all over the floor.
"Hu Qing, go away, I don't want to see you again!" Yan Luo pointed to the door, sniffed hard, and held back the tears in her eyes.
Hu Qing was taken aback at first, then looked at Yan Luo anxiously, "Yan Luo, has the Gu worm flared up again? Does it hurt? I'll go call the Princess."
Hu Qing assumed that Yan Luo was angry because she was in pain and didn't take it to heart.
“Hu Qing, there is no future between us. I want to find a man like the Regent. You are just a lowly guard. At most, you will be a guard for the rest of your life. If I follow you, I will never be an official’s wife in this lifetime.”
Once I recover, I will ask the Princess to find me a son of an official. I will marry him and become the mistress of the house. With the support of the Prince and Princess, my future husband will surely rise to prominence, and I will then be the wife of an official.
"So, Hu Qing, I will never marry you. Just give up on that idea." As Yan Luo said this, tears finally streamed down her face.
Hu Qing stared at Yan Luo, speechless, then silently picked up the soup bowl from the ground, his voice choked with emotion, "Yan Luo, I'm leaving. You should rest well."
After saying that, Hu Qing turned and walked out of the room. As she closed the door, she leaned against it, closed her eyes, and two lines of tears slid down her cheeks.
Hu Qing wiped away her tears with her sleeve, went straight to Su Ruojin's room, knocked on the door, and knelt before Su Ruojin. "Your Highness, please tell me, how much time does Yanluo have left?"
Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu exchanged a glance, both noticing that something was wrong with Hu Qing.
"Hu Qing, what do you mean by this?"
"Please tell me, Your Highness, how much time does Yanluo have left? I... I can bear it." Hu Qing repeated, her voice choked with emotion.
He wasn't stupid; he knew that Yanluo would never say such a thing just to become an official's wife.
If Yanluo were really that kind of person, she wouldn't have been with him in the first place.
Given this, there's only one explanation for Yanluo's behavior: Yanluo's days are numbered, which is why she wants to push him away.
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