"Let Qi Niang live in the Duke's Mansion first."

Gu Zhiyan's absence disorder has never been an emergency and needs to be treated slowly, not to mention that now he has developed an addiction.

"Okay!" Shen Wan agreed without saying anything, and said firmly, "I'll accompany Qi Niang."

Gu Jin's shoulders slumped, and he asked cautiously, "Awan, can I stay here too?"

When he spoke, he seemed a little nervous and looked a little pitiful, like a big dog who was afraid of being abandoned.

Amber on the side glanced at Gu Jin silently, and suddenly felt that Princess Hui'an actually looked more like her father.

Duke Mu could hardly bear to watch it anymore, so he just decided to agree.

Gu Jinru was pardoned, and he quickly stood up and bowed to Duke Mu solemnly, saying, "Thank you, father-in-law!"

Shen Wan felt that his silly look was really annoying.

Even though he was disgusted, there was still a hint of smile in his eyes.

It has to be said that with the support of so many people around her, Shen Wan's mentality has become much more stable, and the suffocating feeling of being on the verge of despair has disappeared, as if everything in front of her eyes has suddenly become clear, and she suddenly understands what "mountains and rivers are so steep that you think there is no way out, but when you turn around, you find another village with willows and flowers" means.

Chu Qianchen asked someone to prepare the four treasures of the study, and said, "I will write a prescription first, and let Qi Niang take three doses to try."

Shen Wan responded repeatedly. If it wasn't inconvenient for her to go in and out of Prince Chen's Mansion, she really wanted Chu Qianchen to take her daughter back.

The maid in the Duke's Mansion quickly prepared the four treasures of the study, spread out the paper, and ground the ink.

Chu Qianchen picked up the pen and began to write the prescription. He was confident and finished it in one go. There was a sense of calmness and ease in his writing, as if he was doing something light.

It is actually a bit incongruous to see such demeanor appearing on a girl who has not yet reached marriage age.

Duke Mu, who was sitting on the kang, stared at Chu Qianchen's focused profile, and his mind couldn't help but recall the way his eldest daughter practiced calligraphy in her boudoir. The profiles of the mother and daughter were so similar.

Duke Mu had just heard from his wife that Chu Qianchen was the famous doctor of Jishitang. Some of his previous speculations were finally settled today.

No wonder people always say that Prince Chen will not live long. However, when Prince Chen appeared, he looked very good.

Once the emperor knew that he had accidentally given the life-saving doctor to Prince Chen, he would probably be furious and there would be no peace in the court.

This matter is of great importance, and the fewer people who know about the appointment, the better. No wonder the eldest daughter is so tight-lipped.

Chu Qianchen wrote down the prescription in no time and instructed how to make the medicine. Then a maid ran out to get the medicine with the ink still wet on her prescription.

As soon as the maid left, Duke Mu ordered Nanny Han, "Go and get another doctor back... and bring my note and have someone go get the imperial physician."

"Dad, the imperial physician is useless. The prince and I have invited many doctors. It's better not to invite any more."

Shen Wan pouted coquettishly, thinking that all these imperial doctors were mediocre and not even as good as her niece.

As a result, Duke Mu gave her a displeased look. Shen Wan was in the wrong today, so she had to shut up in shame.

Duke Mu was also afraid that his granddaughter would misunderstand that he didn't believe her, so he went to look at Chu Qianchen again, only to see the little girl walking leisurely towards the window with a smile on her lips.

Duke Mu was relieved. He understood it at a glance. Chu Qianchen understood it.

His granddaughter was really smart and clever, she could understand things without any instructions! Among the next generation of the Duke's Mansion, only the eldest son had such intelligence.

After a brief thought, Shen understood what Duke Mu meant.

Today, my younger sister Shen Wan brought the sick Gu Zhiyan back to her parents' home. Everyone in the Prince's Mansion and outside saw it. In addition, Prince Jing just resigned his title this morning. Now some people with ulterior motives will definitely link these two things together, and who knows what they are speculating about in secret.

Shen reminded Shen Wan meaningfully: "Third sister, you always have to pretend."

Now, Shen Wan and Gu Jin looked at each other in sudden realization, and their expressions were surprisingly consistent.

Nanny Han took the invitation from Duke Mu and went to do the work. She had to invite the imperial physician and a familiar doctor to the mansion.

Duke Mu took a sip of tea and asked in a deep voice without beating around the bush: "Have you all... made your plans?"

This question was asked to Gu Jin.

After all, this matter is of great importance, and it concerns Gu Jin and his wife, as well as their descendants. They don't have a son now, but they are still young, so they will have one eventually. Their eldest son would have been the prince of Jingjun when he was born...

Gu Jin nodded without hesitation, his expression firm: "I've thought it through!"

His usually smiling face now looked serious.

"Father-in-law, I'm not acting on impulse today. I've had this plan for a long time."

He sneered at himself, "I know myself well. I am not as good as my elder brother. I am just a playboy. I can't handle this huge Jingjun Palace."

As he spoke, his smile turned bitter. "Actually, I've been thinking this way since the day Qiniang got into trouble last year..."

But later, although Gu Zhiyan was found, her face was injured and she also suffered from absence syndrome.

Her illness required the best doctors and medicine. As a prince, he could at least do something for his daughter, such as inviting an imperial physician. However, only the prince's wife, the prince and the prince's wife were qualified to invite an imperial physician. Once he lost his title, he would have to look up his stepmother and brother's faces even to invite an imperial physician.

Gu Jin took two deep breaths, his emotions stabilized a little, and then he continued: "If it weren't for me, because of the internal strife in the Prince's Mansion...Qiniang wouldn't have suffered this."

He had a blank expression on his face and his eyes were dark, like a bottomless pool.

Last year, the reason why Gu Zhiyan was abducted so easily by Mei was partly because his third brother and his wife also intervened and leaked Gu Zhiyan's whereabouts to Mei. At that time, the Princess Dowager protected her son and daughter-in-law and only beat two servants to death, leaving no evidence.

Later, Gu Jin finally found Gu Zhiyan, but Mei was hidden away by the Prince's Consort. To put it bluntly, the Prince's Consort kept Mei just to cause trouble for the couple.

Gu Jin hated the Prince and the Dowager Concubine and their sons, and also blamed himself for being useless. It was he who failed to protect his daughter, causing her to suffer an unprovoked disaster.

Now he just wants to take good care of his wife and daughter as a husband and a father. If he can't even do this, let alone other things.

The room became quiet, with only the sound of wind outside the window, mixed with the sound of drizzle. The rain hit the windows, branches, and eaves, making a tiny, crackling sound.

Chu Qianchen took a sip of hot tea and asked, "Uncle, aunt, what did Qi Niang go through last year?"

This was the second time Chu Qianchen asked this question after the time at Jishidiang in the first half of the year.

"..." Shen Wan's face was slightly stiff, and there was pain in her eyes. In addition, there was hesitation, torment, sourness, and heartache.

Chu Qianchen added: "Since you want to treat it, treat it well."

Chu Qianchen stopped there.

She never likes to force things to happen, she just lets things take their course.

If they still don't want to say, then Chu Qianchen already knows what's going on. She just needs to cure Gu Zhiyan's recurring fever.

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

She was powerless to do anything else and didn't want to force anyone.

Medicine cannot cure incurable diseases, but Buddha can save those who are destined to be saved.

"Awan." Gu Jin held Shen Wan's hand tightly.

The warm room was as warm as spring, but Shen Wan's hands were icy cold. Gu Jin's dry and warm palms held and covered her hands tightly.

Shen Wan's eyes flickered, filled with struggle and entanglement.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then slowly opened her eyes and looked at Chu Qianchen again. Her firm eyes seemed to show that she had made some kind of decision.

She said slowly, "It happened at the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. That night, the prince and I agreed to take Qi Niang to the festival. Because the prince had an errand, I took Qi Niang to the festival first. We had agreed to meet at the gate of Yunting Pavilion at twilight hour, but when the time came, the prince did not show up."

"Later, my third brother's wife's maid came to me and told me that my third brother and his wife were quarreling in Yunting Pavilion, and asked me to go and take a look. I was afraid that their quarrel would scare Qi Niang, so I left Qi Niang and the wet nurse behind and went in myself."

Shen Wan's voice sounded bitter and regretful.

If it weren't for the fact that there were many royal family members and nobles in Yunting Pavilion that day, she was afraid that the third brother Gu and his wife would make such a mess that it would bring shame to the Prince's Mansion. She wouldn't want to meddle in their affairs, let alone give the evil people an opportunity to take advantage of her.

"Not long after I entered Yunting Pavilion, Mei's brother took advantage of the large crowds on the Lantern Festival Street and kidnapped Qi Niang."

"In fact, her brother originally wanted to extort money from the Prince's Mansion, but Mei hated me and wanted to take revenge on me, so she sold Qi Niang to... Manchunlou."

Shen Wan said the last three words with great difficulty. She did not elaborate on what Manchunlou was, but everyone else present could guess that it must be some brothel.

This was also the reason why Shen Wan found it difficult to speak to Chu Qianchen at Jishidiang.

There was no way she could tell a stranger of unknown origin that her daughter had been sold to a brothel.

Once this matter gets out, Gu Zhiyan's life will be ruined.

Shen Wan clenched her fists and continued, "It was two days later when our people found Qi Niang. At that time, there was a scar on Qi Niang's face, and many other marks on her body from being beaten with sticks. The bones in her left arm were broken..."

"The people in Manchunlou avoided the main point and only said that the madam saw that Qi Niang was too young to do the job... so she was thrown into the kitchen to be a maid. The kitchen maids thought Qi Niang was not good at work, so they often beat her. Qi Niang's face must have been injured in this way."

"After I found Qi Niang, I tried to ask her, but she refused to say a word..."

Shen Wan also hoped that Gu Zhiyan would completely forget the memories at Manchunlou, but seeing that Gu Zhiyan often had nightmares at night, Shen Wan knew that she had never forgotten it.

Shen Wan pressed the corners of her eyes with her handkerchief again to hold back the tears in her eyes. She said in a hoarse voice, "Qiniang's personality changed drastically after that. She used to be a lively person, but now she has become very introverted and timid. She doesn't want to go out. She always curls herself up under the table and doesn't talk anymore."

"The doctor said she had absence syndrome..."

Shen Wan choked up, her body trembled violently again, and her chest heaved.

Afterwards, Mei's whereabouts were unknown, and many other people involved in the case also died. But even so, it was impossible to quell Shen Wan's hatred.

Her good daughter was harmed like this because of a group of people's selfish motives. She could not forgive herself, nor could she forgive Gu Jin, the people in the Prince's Mansion, and Mei.

After Shen Wan finished speaking, she lowered her head, looked away, and tried to sort out and calm her emotions.

There was silence in the warm room.

It was the first time for Duke Mu and his wife, as well as Shen, who were present, to hear her talk in such detail. They only knew the general idea before.

Duke Mu and his wife exchanged a tacit look with each other.

Since he knew that Gu Jin and Shen Wan had already made their decision, he did not try to persuade them any further.

The old couple also saw through it. With the personalities of these two children, they could not subdue the evil spirits in the Prince's Mansion. It is conceivable that when Shen Wan gets pregnant again in the future, the Prince's Mansion will be afraid of another bloody storm...

Shen Wan couldn't afford to go through this anymore.

Well, they married Shen Wan to Gu Jin not for the sake of wealth and fame. As elders, they just wanted the young couple to live in peace and harmony, which was their greatest expectation for them.

Duke Mu couldn't help but think of his eldest daughter Shen Zhi when he saw Shen Wan, and sighed quietly in his heart.

Given the emperor's character, the issue of the overlapping titles of the Jingjun Prince's Mansion should soon come to a conclusion. Duke Mu had already guessed the outcome of this matter.

(End of this chapter)