Chapter 40: Return to the Palace
Gurgle, gurgle, the aroma of medicine from the medicine jar filled the narrow courtyard.
A young woman who was so thin that she looked like a ghost sat up from the bed, her skinny and pale face frowned, and her cold voice came through the thin wall and reached the side.
"Ahem... the medicine is almost ready. You're never late. What's wrong with you today? You seem absent-minded. What happened?"
The woman came back to her senses, hid the gray corner of clothes in her mind, suddenly looked up, and took the dry towel to take the boiled medicine away from the stove.
She walked into the room holding the pitch-black medicine bowl, swallowed the questions that were rolling on the tip of her tongue, and forced herself to hold them back, choosing to hide them deep in her heart.
"It's okay, I just remembered some interesting things." The gentle voice did not sound like a woman's, but rather like a pretty young girl, or maybe she was actually a girl.
The young woman drank the warm medicine without changing her expression. She cleared her throat, suppressed the bitterness on her tongue, and said solemnly, "They will catch up soon. We should leave."
The woman glanced at the young woman worriedly: "But your body..."
"I'm fine, let's go."
The woman hesitated for a moment and nodded. She remembered the favor of the golden hairpin, but it was a pity that she could not meet it again.
…
Shen Tingyu waited for several days in a row, but did not find any trace of the great doctors from Gu Xiaoman.
She lay leisurely on the treetop, with white clouds floating in the air and the sun shining brightly. She swung her short legs and suddenly began to miss the tyrant.
There is also the small bed in her miniature palace, the beautiful tight-fitting dress, and the taciturn little Loli An Chi.
"Xiao Qi, you said that during the time I was out, I wondered if the Tyrant was thinking about me."
[Host, the target of the mission is currently attending court and probably doesn't miss you.]
Shen Tingyu suddenly closed her mouth. She had really chatted with the system in vain. After a moment of silence, she muttered again: "Has Gu Xiaoman not met the great doctor yet?"
"It's so hot out here, and I just changed seats. How long do I have to wait?"
"System, when will the great and small miracle doctors appear..."
"Although the mount talisman is worth only one point, it does add up, and I'm sad to spend it. Could you please deduct less..."
Xiao Qi: ...
Big Sparrow tilts his head (unintelligible): Chirp...
At this time, Gu Xiaoman hurriedly trotted to the bottom of the treetop, a few beads of sweat on his forehead due to anxiety. He gasped for air and said hurriedly: "Little fairy, it's bad, my father... my father has fainted from the pain."
"Please save him!" Gu Xiaoman knelt on the ground with an anxious look on his face, looking up at her.
Shen Tingyu's face wrinkled, and she suddenly sat up from the treetop, "How could this happen?" Where are the great doctors? Why haven't they appeared yet?
"Xiao Man, get up first. Has your father seen a doctor?"
Gu Xiaoman was still kneeling, tears streaming down her face. "Uncle has already sent Dad to the clinic. Didn't you say he would recover? I beg you, please save him..."
Looking at her eyes full of hope and expectation, Shen Tingyu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He really wanted to slap himself. You pretended to be an immortal, but now there is a problem with your pretending!
Shen Tingyu was ashamed, she could only say: "I will go to the clinic to check the situation first, I will definitely find a way to save your father, don't worry!"
After she finished speaking, she leaped up and stood skillfully on the big bird's back, heading towards the clinic, squatting on a branch of the clinic, and listening attentively.
It was quite far away, so she could see clearly but not hear clearly, though she could vaguely eavesdrop on the general idea.
"I need to cut my blood and use acupuncture to force out the poisonous insects in my arm, and then use Red Gold Ganoderma lucidum to warm my body, otherwise..."
Shen Tingyu blinked her eyes. She had seen the red gold Ganoderma lucidum in the palace.
Shen Tingyu's heart skipped a beat. For some reason, the great doctors did not show up. Gu Xiaoman's father's arm worsened, and she had failed Gu Xiaoman's trust in her.
But...what should we do about the tyrant's poison?
What about her mission?
Everything returned to where it was, and Shen Tingyu felt powerless and frustrated.
…
Calming incense burned in the hall every day. The windows were open, and the breeze blew the books on the table. A page turned out of thin air, revealing a thin piece of rice paper hidden in the spine of the book. It was a portrait that had been cut in half, leaving only the portrait, and it was carefully treasured.
From time to time, the corner of her eye would glance towards the open window, just like a wife waiting for her husband to come home, feeling annoyed.
He tutted softly.
Xin Hongying suddenly felt that playing chess alone was boring. The inky chess pieces flipped at his fingertips, making his slender white fingers look like jade.
Suddenly, with a wave of his wide sleeves, all the chess pieces on the board were scattered to the ground, scattering all over the ground like beads, black and white interlaced, just like Xin Hongying's expression at the moment.
"It's been so long, and you still haven't found the Imperial Master?"
Gao Tang's heart trembled, and he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the world is so vast, and the Imperial Master comes and goes without a trace. The secret guards have tried their best to find him."
Suddenly, a secret guard came to report.
"Your Majesty, I saw the Imperial Master in the palace. She has returned."
"really!"
The secret guard nodded quickly: "I am sure."
Xin Hongying raised her eyebrows slightly, secretly delighted, and said calmly, "Then where is she now?"
The secret guard said respectfully, "It seems that the Imperial Master is... heading in the direction of Your Majesty."
Xin Hongying snorted coldly and remained silent, his eyes as deep as ink wandering.
Gao Tang raised his eyes with a smile and glanced at His Majesty. He quickly pursed the corners of his mouth to smile, and the big stone in his heart finally fell.
The Imperial Master is finally back.
The big bird flapped its wings and hesitated for a long time. Should she take the red-gold Ganoderma lucidum without anyone noticing, or meet the tyrant?
She was worried that once she met the tyrant, it would be difficult to find another opportunity to leave the palace, just like last time.
But after Shen Tingyu thought about it again and again, she still chose to meet the tyrant. Taking without asking is stealing, and she would not do such petty theft.
The closer she got, the more uneasy Shen Tingyu felt. She had the illusion that she had done something wrong, and she shook her head to kick this illusion out of her head.
Let’s think about it. If she doesn’t find any miracle doctors, how can she cure the tyrant’s poison?
Catching sight of the tyrant's tall figure from afar through the window, Da Que'er charged forward, and Shen Tingyu landed on the chessboard in a flash. She put her hands in her pockets and said in a childish voice, as if to act coquettishly, "Your Majesty~!"
Xin Hongying narrowed her eyes and wanted to have a good talk with her, but she saw that she was wearing a gray coarse linen dress and the delicate hairpin on her head was gone. She looked even more disheveled than when they first met.
His expression changed involuntarily, his eyes darkened instantly, he couldn't suppress the anger that suddenly surged up, his heart twitched slightly, and his voice was as cold as ice.
"Fairy, how did you become like this..."
"Someone bullied you!"
"Who is it?"
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