Three days later at the Ink Studio.
Black Owl lounged casually in the chair near Shang Xiye's desk, feeling a deep sense of irony as he looked at Shang Xiye, who was still so diligent despite being so badly wronged.
How far must this person go before they give up that meaningless persistence and let go of their own conscience?
"I've been investigating in Kyoto for several days, but I haven't been able to find even the slightest clue about the person behind Xue Yanshou. I plan to go to the lower places to investigate. I'll set off first thing tomorrow morning," Black Owl couldn't help but break the silence in the study.
"Um."
Shang Xiye responded lightly without any emotional fluctuation, still engrossed in handling official business, his hand holding the pen quickly and steadily, line after line of vigorous characters leaping onto the paper.
“Xiao Jiu, you don’t really have to…” Black Owl was really upset, but his words of persuasion stopped abruptly.
Over the past decade or so, how many creative ways has he tried to dissuade me?
If this person could listen, he would have long since been wandering the world freely with me, and there would be no Great Zhao War God today.
"What?" Shang Xiye finally looked up at him.
"Never mind, it's nothing, I'm leaving." Black Owl lazily got up, walked to the door, then turned back and said, "You're sulking here, while that little bandit has been spending these past few days in the dark room dealing with medicinal herbs, having a peaceful and happy time. When she comes up with the antidote, ha, you can just wait to be completely kicked out."
With that, Black Owl closed the door and strode away.
Shang Xiye's rapidly writing pen suddenly stopped, hovering in place for a long time without moving, and a sense of dejection arose in his heart.
yes.
Why is he getting angry with himself here? That little bandit doesn't care about him at all. Even if he dies of anger, she'll only regret that she missed out on curing one more patient. Without all the trouble he brings, she might even find life more peaceful.
He was the mighty God of War of the Great Zhao Kingdom, the invincible Ninth Prince;
How could he be so utterly defeated by a mere female bandit?
Shang Xiye looked up at the setting sun outside the window, sighed softly, and instructed, "Wuying, send someone to tell the Princess that I will go for a medicinal bath today."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Wuying replied hastily, his voice clearly filled with excitement and joy.
These past few days, with the prince and princess arguing, the atmosphere in Mo Zhai has been frighteningly tense. Even during the most critical times of the war, the prince's face had never been this gloomy. Heaven knows how the four secret guards have managed to get through these past few days.
If the prince still refuses to bow down to the princess, the four secret guards will have to find a way to coax the princess to bow down to the prince.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, the Prince said he's coming to our Hui Nuan Pavilion for a medicinal bath today!" Bai Lu was overjoyed to receive the news from Mo Zhai and skipped in to share the good news.
Everyone witnessed how angry the prince was that day.
These past few days, everyone in the inner courtyard, including Ji Fengyao, has been living in constant fear of the prince, terrified that he might suddenly issue an order to "cut this one, cut that one." These days are truly terrifying.
"Really?" Ji Fengyao was also a little happy to hear the news.
That day, Shang Xiye said that he had collected more than a thousand medicinal herbs and they would be delivered soon, but several days have passed and they still haven't arrived.
She strongly suspected that he was angry and therefore withheld the medicinal herbs.
That jerk, you really can't do anything without coaxing him.
“Really, really, Your Highness, Wuying personally sent someone to deliver the message, it can’t be wrong,” Bai Lu said with a beaming smile.
"That's wonderful, Miss! I'll have someone prepare the medicinal soup right away," Xi Que said happily. It wasn't that she was afraid of Shang Xiye, but she was happy to see that Ji Fengyao was finally happy.
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