The young pageboy breathed a long sigh of relief. "Thank you, Your Highness the Third Princess."
This couldn't be better. He was really afraid that this pampered princess would try to take the work from him, and he couldn't compete with her anyway.
Not long after taking the medicine, Li Xuanji gradually woke up from her coma.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuanshuang, who had been standing guard nearby, hurriedly stepped forward, forcefully pushed the young page aside, then put on airs and adopted a haughty demeanor, saying in a sweet and delicate voice, "Lord Xuanji, you've finally woken up!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xuanji, who had just woken up and was still a little dazed, was suddenly startled.
He felt dizzy and his vision blurred. In a daze, he couldn't recognize the woman in front of him as the Third Princess.
Seeing this unfamiliar woman getting so close to him and speaking to him, Li Xuanji couldn't help but feel a surge of fear and wariness.
He almost raised his hand and sent the other person flying.
The young page was knocked flat on his back. He didn't care about etiquette at this moment and quickly got up and pushed Xiao Yuanshuang aside.
"Sir, are you feeling better?"
"I've had the sedan chair and carriage waiting. We can head back to the Imperial Preceptor's residence now."
Seeing familiar faces brought Li Xuanji back to her senses.
"Why is the Third Princess here?" Li Xuanji frowned, ignoring his unbearable headache, and hurriedly got up from his bed.
This scene looks really strange.
If he could, he really wanted to slap Xiao Yuanshuang far away.
Fortunately, this was the Imperial Hospital; if it had been anywhere else, it would have truly been like a lamb entering a tiger's den.
For some reason, seeing Xiao Yuanshuang's eyes, a word suddenly popped into Li Xuanji's mind.
Just as Xiao Yuanshuang was about to speak, the young page interrupted, "My lady, Physician Liu instructed you to go to him immediately after you wake up so he can take your pulse again."
"Please put on your cloak; you can't catch a cold."
The Lunar New Year is just around the corner.
"His Majesty even came to see you in person..."
The young page kept chattering away, giving Xiao Yuanshuang no chance to interrupt.
Xiao Yuanshuang stared wide-eyed, her eyes seemingly spitting fire, intently watching the two figures recede into the distance.
The anger in my heart was like a volcano about to erupt, constantly churning and surging.
But this wasn't her territory, so she took a deep breath and suppressed her anger.
Upon seeing this, the maidservant immediately lowered her voice and said, "How despicable! A lowly servant dares to ruin the princess's good deed!"
"Alright," Xiao Yuanshuang felt she had been insulted and provoked like never before.
Her fingernails dug deep into her palms, yet she felt no pain, but still left with a smile on her face.
They led their entourage directly out of the palace and into a rouge shop in the capital.
That old scoundrel Murong Anle thought that arranging for her and Xiao Yuanche to stay in the palace would solve everything?
Money makes the world go round.
Behind Xiao Yuanche's back, she had someone buy a rouge shop directly in the capital.
Whether Murong Anle knows or not is irrelevant.
This was merely a base she used to mislead Murong Anle.
Arriving at the second floor of the rouge shop, it was clear that men were not allowed to go up to the second floor of the rouge shop.
The person responsible for monitoring her wouldn't come up unless there was a reason.
Xiao Yuanshuang pushed open the wall of a private room on the second floor and went to the shop next door.
This is the second floor of a shop called "Huajianling Wine Shop".
This shop was established in the twentieth year of the Qing Kingdom.
They had been honestly selling wine, and no one knew that this was a secret spy base of the Yue Kingdom.
The room was dimly lit, as if shrouded in a thin veil.
The air was thick with the pungent smell of alcohol.
Looking around, you can see several old wine jars placed in the corner. The surface of these jars is covered with dust and mottled marks, and they seem to have witnessed the vicissitudes of time.
"Owner."
In the shadows stood two ghostly figures dressed in black, their bodies completely wrapped in inky black cloth from head to toe, as if they had become one with the darkness, making it impossible to see their true appearance or detect any distinguishing features.
Xiao Yuanshuang glanced at the two of them and spoke coldly.
"Kill someone for me."
"Please give your orders, Master."
"The personal page of Li Xuanji."
The two guards did not immediately agree, clearly hesitant.
They were like hibernating insects hiding in the darkness, silently dwelling in a corner of the vast country of Qing, carefully concealing their true identities, living a humble life like ants on the second floor of this small tavern.
To avoid attracting attention, they almost never venture out of their small world unless absolutely necessary.
Twenty years passed quietly in this endless silence and dormancy.
They remained steadfast, waiting for that crucial moment to arrive so they could play a vital role.
However, what is truly baffling is that who could have imagined that the goal they had pursued through so much hardship and scheming was merely to eliminate a seemingly insignificant pageboy?
"What? You didn't receive orders?" Xiao Yuanshuang asked coldly.
Before she left, her father handed her a token and told her that the two guards here were loyal and devoted, and that they could be used in case of emergency.
Last time, she had made contact with the two men using the token and confirmed that they could be used for her own purposes.
Unexpectedly, these two dared to be so disobedient.
Hmph, then just wait and see. Once she ascends the dragon throne, these two will be the first to be executed.
How dare you disobey the holy command!
The guard immediately bowed and said, "No, Master, please rest assured."
snort.
Xiao Yuanshuang snorted coldly, turned and left, "Don't ruin my plans. I need to receive news of that page's death before the day after tomorrow."
"Also, watch out for the smell of alcohol on you. That Li Xuanji is no ordinary person; he is extremely shrewd and capable."
"yes."
...
After leaving the side hall, Li Xuanji fully regained his senses. He knew medicine and didn't need to go to Liu Shouren anymore.
My fainting today was purely an accident.
After getting into the sedan chair and heading straight out of the palace, Li Xuanji finally asked the young page, "What exactly happened?"
The young page recounted the whole story in detail.
Li Xuanji held a cup of hot tea, his gaze cold and sharp, as chilling as the wind and snow outside the door.
"It seems that the Yue delegation is not behaving properly in the capital either."
"Send a message to Murong Anle, asking him to find something for the Xiao siblings to do."
"yes."
The pageboy refilled Li Xuanji's tea.
"Did His Majesty later bestow rewards upon Liu Shouren?"
"yes."
His Majesty's personal visit to the Imperial Hospital was something Li Xuanji had never expected.
Even during the years when the master and disciple had a close relationship, Murong Yue never visited him alone except when she was teaching him.
Who could have imagined that His Majesty, who now has the heart of a child, would personally come to visit him?
The elderly Li Xuanji finally felt some of Murong Yue's filial piety.
well...
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