Princess Yinshan knew she couldn't eat too much, so she stopped eating after eating two pieces. Shui Xian, the imperial physician, and Xu Yuehuai watched her nervously from the side.
Each of the three had their own thoughts.
Narcissus naturally didn't want the princess to vomit again.
Xu Yuehuai, however, was worried about whether what she had made would be useful.
The imperial physician, on the other hand, was eager for the princess to vomit it up, so that he could properly humiliate Xu Yuehuai.
However, after watching the princess intently for half an hour, she showed no further symptoms, let alone vomiting, and it seemed that she had indeed been cured.
The imperial physician was completely dumbfounded. He had been at a loss before, and then said that Xu Yuehuai was also helpless. Now he had been slapped in the face. Compared to the previous situation, he was really too weak.
The others finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Princess Yinshan, having eaten her fill, regained her energy.
"Xu Yuehuai, name your price, whatever it is, as long as you stay by my side." Princess Yinshan said directly, extending an olive branch to Xu Yuehuai without any hesitation.
Shui Xian glanced at Xu Yuehuai with a complicated expression, a fleeting murderous glint in her eyes.
Xu Yuehuai was taken aback upon hearing this, but then shook her head and remained silent. There was no possibility of agreeing to what Princess Yinshan had said. Regardless of whether she could give up Tianxiang Tower, she had already lost all goodwill towards her because of today's incident. Then she turned her head to the side.
Princess Yinshan stared at Xu Yuehuai when she didn't speak, but Xu Yuehuai never looked at her. This made her furious, as she felt slighted.
After a moment, Xu Yuehuai looked at Princess Yinshan again and said, "I want to go back to Tianxiang Tower."
“No, I don’t agree,” Princess Yinshan said, her expression changing. She absolutely could not let Xu Yuehuai go back. After all, how could she force Qi Guze to submit without this trump card? “I still need to keep you here to wait for the Regent’s decision.”
“Princess Yinshan, if you insist on using me to threaten the Prince into cooperating with you, it will definitely backfire.” Xu Yuehuai’s eyes flickered slightly, then she found a place to sit down and began to leisurely sized up Princess Yinshan.
Princess Yinshan was puzzled and looked at Xu Yuehuai, who seemed confident, and asked, "What makes you say that?"
Xu Yuehuai sneered and did not answer, but instead asked, "Then why does the princess insist on joining forces with the prince to change the dynasty? What benefit would you gain from doing so?"
The moment she asked the question, the temperature in the room seemed to drop considerably. The atmosphere was tense, as if Princess Yinshan might do something rash at any moment. However, she did not; she simply took two deep breaths.
"For no reason other than I don't want to be married off," Princess Yinshan replied, then arrogantly turned her head away.
Xu Yuehuai couldn't help but think to herself, "So the Yinshan princess went to all this trouble to usurp the throne just to avoid a marriage alliance." She felt a surge of anger and wanted to curse her.
She had never seen such a willful, self-centered person.
Xu Yuehuai rubbed her throbbing head and gently reminded her, "Does the princess know that none of the princes are of marriageable age yet? Even if they wanted to arrange a marriage alliance, they wouldn't have the opportunity, would they?"
Princess Yinshan found Xu Yuehuai's words quite reasonable and began to ponder them before saying, "Go on."
“Now, only Qi Guze is a match for the princess, but as long as he doesn’t appear, the princess naturally cannot be married off.” Xu Yuehuai finished speaking and chuckled, it was unclear whether she was laughing at the Yinshan princess’s foolishness or at her own cleverness.
Princess Yinshan naturally heard the mockery in Xu Yuehuai's words, but she did not blame her. Instead, she listened to what Xu Yuehuai had said, which did make some sense. Although she was indeed very willful, she was also a smart person who understood some things very easily. However, she lacked someone to enlighten her.
“What you say makes sense,” Princess Yinshan said, then stood up and walked to Xu Yuehuai, saying, “I can let you go, but…”
Xu Yuehuai had initially breathed a sigh of relief when Princess Yinshan said she would let her go, but the princess added a "however," which made her nervous again. Her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, suddenly jumped to her throat again.
Princess Yinshan chuckled upon seeing this and whispered in her ear, "However, you must send a pastry to Hua Rong Manor every day."
“Alright, this is no problem.” Xu Yuehua readily agreed. She had been prepared, but she hadn’t expected Princess Yinshan to say such a thing, which almost made her fall off the stool.
Meanwhile, at Tianxiang Tower, Tiexiong and Sanniang were still very worried about Xu Yuehuai. They felt that the longer they delayed, the more dangerous it would become, so they decided to go to Qi Guze to discuss countermeasures.
"Your Highness, when can we go and rescue A-Yue?" Third Sister asked with a worried look on her face after being let in by Qi Guze.
Tie Xiong chimed in, "Yeah, I think we should take advantage of the night and go now. I'll set fire to this Hua Rong Manor and burn it down, no matter what Yinshan or Qingshan it is."
Qi Guze frowned slightly after hearing this. He had naturally wanted to rescue Xu Yuehuai for a long time, but the cooperation that Princess Yinshan mentioned was impossible. However, he had no other good ideas.
After hearing Tie Xiong's words, he carefully considered the possibility and thought the plan was good.
"I think it's feasible. I'll go with Third Sister to set the fire, and then we'll take advantage of the chaos to rescue Xu Yuehuai. We must be careful at that time. Tiexiong, you're in charge of providing backup. You must protect Third Sister and Zhou Wan." Qi Guze spoke with even more certainty and began to make arrangements for the aftermath.
Tie Xiong and San Niang looked at him in confusion. He took a deep breath and explained, "I will take A Yue away after I save her, and we will go far away. So you must take good care of yourselves. We will come back after this matter is settled."
The three exchanged glances, and then Qi Guze turned around to change into his night clothes, preparing to set off immediately.
"Your Highness, you must be extra careful." The two said as they followed Qi Guze out the door.
The three of them were astonished to find Xu Yuehuai standing right outside the door as soon as they opened it.
"What are you all busy with again? Why don't you come out and open the door?" Xu Yuehuai couldn't help but complain. She had been calling at the door for a long time, but no one paid any attention to her.
With that, she shrugged and walked right through the three astonished people. "Go on in, what are you all standing there for? Do you feel bad leaving me out here for so long and want to experience what it's like for me?" Xu Yuehuai teased with a smile.
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