Shen Wan interrupted Chu Qianhuang excitedly, and a glimmer of hope flashed in her originally dark eyes.

Curled up in Chu Qianhuang's arms, Gu Zhiyan smelled the sachet in his hand, and his emotions gradually stabilized.

Chu Qianhuang said seriously, "Really? It's at the Wuwei Temple in Qingwei Mountain. There's a Taoist priest with the name Zhixuan who is the best at treating amnesia and soul-destroying diseases."

Shen Wan had heard of Wuwei Temple, but this was the first time she heard of Taoist Zhixuan. She planned to send someone to inquire about him when she returned to the palace.

She had asked Taoist Xuan Jing to perform a ritual on her daughter before, and it was very effective the first time, but she never saw any improvement afterwards... Does Taoist Zhi Xuan really have this ability? Chu Qianhuang seemed to see Shen Wan's suspicion, and pursed her lips as if she was about to say something, and explained: "Princess, you also know about the third princess..."

Not many people knew about the third princess's affairs, but the Prince Jing's Mansion was a royal family, so Shen Wan knew something about it. When the third princess was seriously ill, the queen cried all the time, and she looked for all the extraordinary people she could find, including miracle doctors, monks, Taoists, etc., and finally cured the third princess.

Rong Mama's eyes also lit up, and she felt that there was a ray of hope after all the darkness.

At this moment, there was a noise outside.

The head maid came over quickly and reported: "Princess, the eldest aunt has brought people from the Duke's Mansion."

As they were talking, the carriage from the Duke's Mansion stopped at the entrance of the alley.

Chu Qianhuang looked in the direction of the carriage and saw Shen coming down with the help of a maid.

Chu Qianhuang said to Gu Zhiyan again: "Qiniang, can you go home with your mother?"

At the same time, Shen Wan squatted down and extended a hand to Gu Zhiyan.

After a while, I heard the little girl's voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "Yeah."

Chu Qianhuang let go of Gu Zhiyan, handed her over to Shen Wan, and then took the initiative to say goodbye: "Princess, I will take my leave first."

She glanced in Shen's direction again, looking a little unnatural.

Shen Wan didn't keep her, but just nodded slightly.

Chu Qianhuang left. When she passed Shen, she opened her lips slightly to call her mother, but Shen had already walked past her without stopping, as if she didn't see her at all.

Chu Qianhuang stopped and froze in place for a moment, then heard Shen's concerned voice from behind: "Third sister, how is Qi Niang?"

Chu Qianhuang bit her lower lip until it turned white, then she strode away with her head held high.

Shen Wan and the others did not stay for too long and soon sent Gu Zhiyan into the carriage of the Duke's Mansion. As for the red-wheeled carriage stained with blood, it could no longer be used.

They returned to the Prince's Mansion as quickly as possible, and Shen Wan personally sent Gu Zhiyan to her room.

In the familiar environment, Gu Zhiyan's emotions stabilized a little, and she hid on the couch, covering her sachet.

Shen Wan stayed with her beside the couch, sometimes asking people to light calming incense, sometimes talking to her. Gu Zhiyan never responded and curled up on the couch with his back to her.

Shen Wan felt extremely distressed, her throat felt sore and swollen, but she didn't dare show any abnormality for fear of scaring Gu Zhiyan.

After a while, Aunt Rong came. She just called her "Princess" and Shen Wan knew what was going on.

She left the wet nurse to accompany Gu Zhiyan, and went to the main hall with Rong Mama.

Shen hadn't left yet and was waiting in the main hall.

The head maid sent all the other maids and old women out and stayed under the eaves herself.

Rong Mama then began to report the serious matter: "Princess, the woman who calls herself Furong did come from Manchunlou, and she did meet the county lady."

"She has been in Manchunlou for about ten years. She got infected a few months ago..."

Rong Mama pursed her lips as if she was about to speak, then said, "She was infected with syphilis. The madam was unwilling to treat her, so she drove her out of Manchunlou and gave her a severe lesson."

"Manchunlou said that they haven't seen Furong for almost three months. They don't know when she came to the capital, and they don't know how she learned the identity of the county lady and stopped the car."

When the Prince's Mansion went to Manchunlou to pick up Gu Zhiyan, they did not reveal their identities at all. They just led people to surround Manchunlou and arrested the former madam, the pimp who had beaten Gu Zhiyan, and so on. As for other irrelevant people, they were all released to avoid making too much of a fuss and attracting attention.

Shen frowned, thinking that this was an unprovoked disaster, and sighed softly: "The evil of human nature..."

Furong was probably going to die, so she decided to go all the way and drag someone else to be her scapegoat.

Shen Wan: “…”

She knew that Shen was thinking of Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and then the maid's voice came from outside: "My Lord."

When everyone looked outside, they saw a young man in his twenties wearing an indigo robe striding towards them. He had a slender figure and a brisk pace, and his young and handsome face was full of anxiety and worry.

When Prince Jing heard that his daughter was frightened, he hurried back.

"Awan, how is Qinnan?" Prince Jing asked anxiously.

As soon as Shen Wan saw him, she thought of Mei, and a feeling of anger rose in her heart.

Shen sighed inwardly and answered for her sister, "Qiniang was frightened, but she should be fine. She's sleeping inside."

"Brother-in-law, since you are back, I won't bother you anymore."

Shen tactfully said goodbye. After all, with her here, some things between them would be difficult to say.

Madam Rong went to see Shen off in person, leaving only Prince Jing and his wife Shen Wan in the main hall.

As soon as Shen left, Shen Wan's face became even uglier, and her heart felt like it was being burned by fire again and again.

“Ah…”

Prince Jing had just said one word when the nurse's anxious voice interrupted his words: "Princess, the county lady has a fever!"

Instantly, it was as if a stream of ice water was poured on the fire in Shen Wan's heart. She no longer cared about getting angry with her husband and rushed to the inner room, shouting, "Quick! Call a doctor!"

Shen Wan rushed to her daughter's couch and touched her forehead, which was burning hot.

Gu Zhiyan closed his eyes, his face flushed, his body covered in sweat, and he was mumbling uneasy words, as if he was immersed in a nightmare.

The nurse wrung a towel with cold water and applied a cold compress to Gu Zhiyan's forehead.

Shen Wan held Gu Zhiyan's hand and sat beside her on the couch, repeating over and over again, "Qiniang, mother is here."

Shen Wan's hands were ice cold, and so was her heart.

Originally, Qi Niang had obviously improved a lot in the past month, but now it seemed like everything was failing...

She felt uneasy and sad, and her heart was filled with worry, sadness, heartache, anxiety and other emotions mixed together to form a big net that trapped her completely.

The following time was extremely torturous.

The doctor came and left.

The wet nurse fed the unconscious Gu Zhiyan some medicine, but after waiting for a long time, her fever did not subside.

Prince Jing hurriedly ordered someone to take a letter from the palace to invite the imperial physician to come to his house.

Gu Zhiyan slept uneasily, and kept mumbling incoherently...it was impossible to hear what she was saying.

The nurse changed the towel on Gu Zhiyan's forehead for who knows how many times, and suddenly asked, "Princess, is the county lady calling you sister?"

Sister?! Shen Wan was stunned and listened attentively.

really--

A vague sound escaped from Gu Zhiyan's dry and pale lips: "Sister..."

Shen Wan's mind brightened up, and she remembered the conversation she had with her daughter on the red wheeled carriage, and how her daughter always liked to stick to Chu Qianchen, so she ordered: "Madame Rong, go to Prince Chen's mansion and invite Princess Chen..."

Shen Wan originally wanted to ask Madam Rong to go to Prince Chen's Mansion to ask for help. Halfway through her words, she glanced out the window and realized that the sky had darkened without her noticing. It was already dusk and almost curfew.

"Forget it..." She stood up and wanted to say that she would go there in person, but Prince Jing got there first.

"Let me go." Prince Jing suggested.

He knew that Princess Chen was the concubine daughter of Marquis Yongding, and he also knew that Qi Niang liked this cousin. He even stayed at the Marquis Yongding's mansion for a while just to be with this cousin.

Although Prince Jing knew that it was impolite to invite someone to Prince Chen's mansion at this time, for the sake of his daughter, he could not care less and had to apologize for being rude this time. At most, he would wait for Gu Jue to return to Beijing and then go to apologize in person.

Shen Wan's heart was hanging on Gu Zhiyan, and she was worried about leaving. Just as she was about to agree, another change suddenly occurred.

"My Lord, my Princess," the maid came in through the curtains and said, "The eldest lady from the Yongding Marquis's residence wants to see you."

Shen Wan frowned.

It’s already this late, why is Chu Qianhuang here suddenly?

Prince Jing raised his eyebrows, keenly sensing that something was wrong with his wife's mood. It was obvious that she had always liked her niece Chu Qianhuang the most.

The head maid continued, "Miss Chu said she got the magic water from Taoist Zhixuan."

Taoist Zhixuan?! Shen Wan immediately thought of what Chu Qianhuang had said before, and hurriedly said, "Let her in quickly."

The head maid came and left in a hurry, and ordered the younger maid to quickly invite Chu Qianhuang to the main courtyard.

As Shen Wan was eagerly waiting, Chu Qianhuang came in a hurry.

She was still wearing the same lotus-colored skirt, but her face was covered in sweat, her cheeks were flushed, and she couldn't hide her fatigue all over.

She first bowed to Shen Wan and his wife, calling them "Prince, Princess". Upon hearing this, Prince Jing's expression became even more strange, wondering what the problem was between this aunt and nephew.

Chu Qianhuang held a small celadon bottle in her hand and handed it to Shen Wan solemnly, "This is the magic water I just asked for from Taoist Zhixuan at Wuwei Temple. Princess, give it to Qi Niang first."

Shen Wan looked at the miniature porcelain bottle, a little hesitant, her eyes flickering.

That year, there was a witchcraft disaster in the palace, which did not harm the Crown Prince Gu Nanjin, but instead harmed the third princess.

The third princess had a high fever for several days and her symptoms recurred over and over again, but then she suddenly recovered. Shen Wan also asked people about the situation, but the queen was very sensitive about the third princess's illness and was unwilling to mention it.

It was only today when Chu Qianhuang mentioned it that Shen Wan realized that it was this Taoist Master Zhixuan who cured the third princess.

Seeing that Shen Wan didn't answer, Chu Qianhuang moved her lips and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything. Instead, she placed the miniature porcelain bottle on the coffee table beside her.

Her meaning was very clear. Whether to use the talisman water was up to Shen Wan.

"Princess! It's bad!" There was another cry from the inner room, and the wet nurse ran out with sweat all over her forehead, "The county princess has a higher fever, and she keeps talking nonsense, saying... saying don't hit her..."

Shen Wan's body trembled slightly, as if a knife was stabbed in her chest.

She didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and picked up the miniature porcelain bottle, gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go and give it to Qi Niang."

I took the antipyretic medicine, but it didn't work. I can only try Taoist Zhixuan's talisman water first.

Shen Wan rushed into the inner room like a gust of wind, and didn't even bother to entertain Chu Qianhuang.

Gu Zhiyan's face on the couch was extremely flushed, as if there was a fire burning her inside. Her lips were pale, and her forehead, temples, and neck were all covered with sweat.

"It hurts...I want to go home!"

"mother……"

Tears rolled down the little girl's eyes, and Shen Wan felt the same way.

She did not hesitate any longer. She sat beside the couch and personally fed Gu Zhiyan the talisman water little by little. She was careful, cautious, and careful, fearing that if some of the talisman water leaked out, it would become ineffective.

The wet nurse helped support Gu Zhiyan's head.

After Gu Zhiyan drank all the talisman water, they carefully put her back on the porcelain pillow.

Shen Wan personally took a wet towel to wipe Gu Zhiyan's sweat.

After a while, Gu Zhiyan, who had been mumbling incessantly, calmed down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep peacefully.

The nurse touched Gu Zhiyan's forehead and said in surprise: "Princess, the county lady's fever is beginning to subside..."

Shen Wan and Prince Jing both breathed a sigh of relief. Since Gu Zhiyan was fine, they did not go to Prince Chen's mansion.

Until this moment, Shen Wan finally thought of Chu Qianhuang who she had forgotten in the main room, and turned to look towards the door curtain.

Aunt Rong guessed what Shen Wan was thinking, and said, "Princess, Miss Chu has left."

The sound of a night watchman's bell rang in the distance, and Shen Wan noticed that it was already curfew time.

It was completely dark outside, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse. The flowers and trees in the courtyard were hazy, and occasionally a bird was startled and flew away.

At this time, Chu Qianhuang's carriage had just returned to the Yongding Marquis Mansion and stopped at the ceremonial gate.

The head maid Baoqin got off the carriage first and called softly, "Young lady..."

Seeing that there was no movement in the carriage, she called out again, and Chu Qianhuang moved, holding the hand holding the zither and getting out of the carriage.

She looked up at the cold moon in the night sky, her eyes unusually calm, without any ripples.

The moon is pure white, like snow and jade, so holy and so unattainable. It seems within reach when you raise your hand, but in fact it is out of reach.

She couldn't help but think of that person, the monk in white clothes——

Uhaja Tower.

Chu Qianhuang's cherry lips moved slightly, she silently recited his name in her heart, and walked slowly towards Yin Yue's direction.

Three days ago, the Wuhejialou group left Beijing under the escort of Gu Jue without taking the third princess with them. From that time on, Chu Qianhuang knew that the butterfly's wings had unknowingly caused the arrival of a hurricane, and her dream was somewhat unreliable.

In the past few days, Chu Qianhuang has been staying indoors, calculating carefully and recalling the situations in the novel seriously.

The male protagonist of this novel is Uhajaro, so the perspective is mostly focused on him.

His time in Northern Qi accounts for less than one-tenth of the original text, and is merely a prelude to the subsequent palace coup.

In the novel, when Wuhejialou returned from Northern Qi, he was accompanied by Crown Prince Gu Nanjin and the third princess. On the way at the border of Qi and Hao, the convoy was ambushed. After that, Wuhejialou's life and death were unknown.

Emperor Hao was furious and pointed the finger at Da Qi. He temporarily detained the crown prince and the third princess, and sent people to search for Wuhejialou's whereabouts on the Qi-Hao border, but he was never found.

Not long after, the vassal king Uhadula rebelled, killed Emperor Hao, ascended the throne as the new emperor, and formally requested that his prince marry the third princess.

As a sign of sincerity, Uhaduluo released Gu Nanjin and allowed him to return to Northern Qi.

A cool night breeze blew towards her, causing the lantern held by Baoqin to sway gently, and the candle in the lantern flickered along with it.

Chu Qianhuang's gaze moved downward, from the bright moon in the night sky to the lantern. The candlelight flickered brightly and dimly, as if it would go out at any time, but it was still holding on stubbornly.

Originally, the best plan for Chu Qianhuang was to travel with Wuhejialou this time and wait for the ambush to happen.

Of course, she could warn Jialuo about the ambush, but the result would at most make Jialuo feel a little bit of affection for her, which would not achieve her desired goal.

Besides, there is an old saying: When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and empty, and his actions frustrated...

Anyone who achieves great things must endure hardships that others cannot imagine. This is an inevitable catastrophe in Wuhajialou's life. Only after this catastrophe can he be reborn from the ashes, finally unify the world and end the division between Northern Qi and Southern Hao.

This is the main storyline. Once she interfered and saved Wuhagalou in advance, Wuhagalou, who had not been tempered, would probably not be able to become the indestructible Wuhagalou later.

A person's experiences will ultimately shape him or her.

So, she planned to follow the plot and let the ambush take place, and then she would be detained in Nanhao together with the Third Princess and the others. Then, she would have the opportunity to do a favor to Jialou and gain Jialou's trust, just like the black cat in the novel.

She had a thorough plan, but something unexpected happened. The person who would escort Wuhejia Tower turned out to be Gu Jue.

Chu Qianhuang sighed slightly.

Chu Qianchen refused to help her, and the prince failed to persuade Prince Chen to take the third princess with him, so she had no choice but to give up her original plan.

But it doesn't matter.

Chu Qianhuang told herself that this was not the only path she could take.

Since she couldn't rush to Nanhao before the coup, her only option was to wait patiently until after the coup happened.

By then, the new emperor of Nanhao, Uhadula, will marry the third princess to the newly appointed crown prince, and this will not change.

Chu Qianhuang's eyes became firm and he stopped.

She had returned to her Yuelu Courtyard. The courtyard was quiet. The cold moonlight poured down, as if covering the ground with frost, making Chu Qianhuang's already snow-white skin even whiter and more translucent, revealing a kind of coldness that kept people at a distance.

The maid Baoqin asked softly, "Miss, are you worried about the Princess of Hui'an County?"

Baoqin saw that Chu Qianhuang looked worried and thought she was worried about Gu Zhiyan.

Chu Qianhuang smiled faintly, "She will be fine."

I added something that can be used as a calming agent into the talisman water, Gu Zhiyan will be fine.

She is not like Chu Qianchen, who is lucky. Whether in the novel or now, Chu Qianchen can always survive from desperate situations, unlike her...

She was still herself, but just because she had a new biological mother, she seemed to be no longer herself, and everyone abandoned her.

She was alone, just herself.

A faint light flashed across Chu Qianhuang's eyes.

Shen Wan has always loved her daughter dearly, and she will definitely appreciate my kindness this time.

"Miss, you took so much trouble to personally go to Wuwei Temple, but the princess didn't even say a word of gratitude." Baoqin couldn't help but speak up for Chu Qianhuang.

Baoqin finally understood what it meant when a wall falls and monkeys scatter when a tree falls. In the past, Princess Jing would never be so neglectful to her own daughter!

It was obviously not the girl's fault, but everyone took their anger out on her.

Chu Qianhuang glanced at Baoqin nonchalantly, and Baoqin fell silent.

After Chu Qianhuang washed up under Baoqin's care, she casually dismissed Baoqin: "I'm tired, you can go out."

She stayed alone in the inner room. When she went out with her zither in her arms, she couldn't help but look at Chu Qianhuang again. She always felt that she was a little different from usual, and secretly sighed that the girl must be heartbroken.

Chu Qianhuang took a break. She had run to Wuwei Temple at full speed and was really tired.

As soon as she closed her eyes, she felt a strong sense of sleepiness coming over her, and her last thought was that she could only rely on herself.

The night gradually deepened, the bright moon looked down from the night sky, and the low chirping of insects continued at night.

In the distance came the sound of the night watchman at the second watch, "Bang! Bang!"

Chu Qianhuang fell asleep, but Chu Qianchen did not.

When Gu Jue was around, she and he would basically go to bed before midnight, they would chat for a while, and then go to sleep. Sometimes, after playing in the middle of the night, the little black cat would come to find them in the early morning and sleep with them at the end of the bed.

Now that Gu Jue is not watching over her, Chu Qianchen has long forgotten the time to go to bed and is still in her small study room.

She tried several times to use mulberry bark to make thread and use it to suture the wounds of injured animals. It can be said that each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages compared to silk.

The advantage of mulberry bark thread is that it has the effect of clearing away heat and calming the nerves, and it does not need to be removed, but the disadvantage is that it breaks easily; silk is thin and tough enough, but it needs to be removed later. It is okay to use silk for sutures on internal organs, but silk cannot be used for sutures on internal organs.

So Chu Qianchen started flipping through medical books overnight, mainly looking for some parts about surgical treatment.

She checked on her own and asked Amber to check with her.

Since her rebirth, Chu Qianchen has been consciously collecting some medical books. She has visited almost all the bookstores in Beijing and collected all kinds of ancient medical books she could find. But after all, it is not as good as in her previous life. When she went to the bookstores to look for them herself, most of the medical books she could buy were common goods.

Chu Qianchen searched for several days in a row, working until the middle of the night every day, but to no avail.

One day, Chu Qianchen was hiding in the study again, and Amber suddenly came to report happily: "Princess, the chief steward Sui wants to see you, saying that the prince asked him to find some medical books before leaving the capital."

Amber thought that the prince was thoughtful enough to remember to find a book for the princess.

Chu Qianchen was also delighted and said, "I'll go take a look."

Chu Qianchen took Amber out of the house.

She hadn't been out of the house for several days, and when the rising sun's rays slanted towards her, she squinted her eyes uncomfortably.

Amber was well prepared and took out an oil-paper umbrella to block the sunlight for Chu Qianchen. She thought: It's a good thing that Steward Sui came, otherwise the princess might have hidden in the house for who knows how many days.

Steward Sui had been waiting for Chu Qianchen in the Qiongbi Hall. When he saw Chu Qianchen coming, he looked a little restrained.

How to put it, he used to get along with some big and strong men in the army, and later retired from the army and came to the Prince Chen's Mansion to be a steward for the prince. This mansion is basically full of men, and he really doesn't know how to get along with a delicate and gentle girl like the princess who is old enough to be his daughter.

After Chu Qianchen sat down on the upper chair, Sui Daguanshi bowed to Chu Qianchen respectfully and said, "Princess, this is the medical book that I ordered someone to find. According to the bookstore owner, they are all rare copies. I don't know if they can be of any use to you, Princess."

He knew nothing about medical books and felt somewhat nervous, fearing that he might be deceived.

Amber took the two medical books and handed them to Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen took them and read them. The first one was "Yu Han Fang", which she had also read in her previous life. The other one was called "Zhu Lin Surgery", which she had not read in her previous life.

Chu Qianchen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but flip through the book "Surgery in the Bamboo Forest". He felt warm in his heart and the corners of his lips curved up.

It was the same in my previous life.

The prince also asked people to collect rare copies of ancient medical books for her. She also got several rare copies from her master Lin Miao, and a box of her master's medical handwriting, which greatly helped her medical skills.

In this life, many things remain unchanged!

I feel like my chapter titles are becoming more and more random... Have a nice weekend.

(End of this chapter)