C23

"Bang!"

Heavily thrown onto the carriage, Duan Chengxuan turned and left the carriage on his horse.

Gu Mingyan held onto his throat and coughed nonstop. She only slowly got up and sat back on her seat, cursing inwardly, This Duan Chengxuan is a madman who is trapped by his feelings!

"Princess of Jing, it's best if you don't make the prince angry." The soldiers driving the carriage couldn't help but try to dissuade them.

Gu Mingyan shook her head, and closed her eyes and meditated without saying a word.

Duan Chengxuan returned to his residence through the rain. The moment he entered the hall, a black figure stood by his side, Duan Chengxuan rubbed his forehead and said, "Send two people to follow Gu Mingyan, tell her not to cause trouble, if she wants to leave the city, she must tell this duke"

The shadow guard quickly left the room.

Su Yuwan walked in, holding the Silver Ear Lotus Seed Soup. Seeing that Duan Chengxuan was completely drenched, she hurried to welcome him.

Seeing Su Yuwan's worried expression, Duan Chengxuan had long since forgotten all about what had happened today. He only hoped that Su Yuwan could recover and for that, he would use any means available to him.

The carriage sped through the rain back to the medicine house.

Yin Qiao rushed out of the house with her umbrella and helped Gu Mingyan into the house. After giving her some hot water to wash off her wounds, she laid back on the bed.

"Miss, are you alright?" Yin Qiao anxiously looked at her blushing face.

It's nothing, I will just rest for a while. Go and help me get some food." She raised a smile and waited until they had left before she opened her collar a little bit to discover that there were several red spots next to her collarbone as if they were converging into some sort of design. It hurt so much that she ruthlessly rubbed it with her hands.

The next day, she woke up refreshed. The red dot below her collarbone had condensed into a twisted cloud the size of a pinky. She hastily checked her pulse and found that the poison did not show any signs of spreading, while her hands were still trembling.

"What is the principle behind this?" She put on her clothes, thinking that she should ask external ancestor's father about it in a few days. Pushing open the door, there were two tall men standing in front of the door.

Upon seeing her, the two of them turned around together and bowed their heads: "I am Cheng Yi."

"Subordinate Cheng Er, have all been sent by Your Highness, and have instructed us to inform Your Highness that without Your Highness' company, Princess Wangfei is not allowed to leave the Tianyan City easily." Cheng Er came over to her side and handed over the Prince Jing's Mansion's jade tablet to her.

"If you want to follow, then remember to send someone to the Shi Shi Tang later to retrieve my ingredients." "By the way, I went to the market and bought some medical books, as well as some books on local records." Gu Mingyan yawned and then casually gave out orders. She then walked out and went to the kitchen to look for Qing Dai for some food.

Cheng Yi looked at the other in the eye. He didn't expect that even though this wangfei wasn't favored, she still knew how to order others around.

After eating her fill, she went head first into the courtyard. She would study the medical books and the local records during the day, and concoct the medicine during the night. She had taken care of a large courtyard full of medicinal herbs herself, so only Yin Qiao could help out from time to time.

As a result, in the short period of ten days that they had arrived, Gu Mingyan had already created most of the medicines on the shelves, the poisons were few and far between, she had basically brought them with her, the Gold Sore Medicine or body strengthening medicine she had placed on the shelves and stuffed them all over Cheng Yi's body.

Duan Chengxuan looked at the words on the paper, then coldly looked at Cheng Yi who was kneeling on the ground: "In these past few days, she hasn't stepped out of the door at all, do you know what kind of medicine she has made?"

"I don't know the specifics, but most of them are commonly seen." Cheng Yi's head was lowered even further.

"Why is Sister Gu making so many medicines?" Su Yuwan reclined on top of the soft couch, her hand still holding onto the soup, her voice soft and gentle.

"This subordinate does not know. Before, when I asked about this, Princess only said that practice makes perfect, and if you can't even produce a small medicine, then I'm afraid you won't be able to do a big medicine well. She also said that you would have to be in seclusion for the next half a month."

"Sister Gu is so weird." Su Yuwan raised his eyebrows. Previously, Gu Mingyan was pestering the Elder Brother Xuan, but now, could it be that he wanted to capture him and then let him go?

Duan Chengxuan waved his hand and ordered him to leave. However, the Head Supervisor of the Palace ran in anxiously and shouted anxiously, "Empress Dowager is here!"

"Why did the empress come to This King?" After Duan Chengxuan finished speaking, he reacted immediately and quickly waved his hand, allowing Chengyi to return, "Call Gu Mingyan back for me, now!"

Su Yuwan pursed his lips, quickly got down from the soft couch, and walked out.

"Wan Er..." Duan Chengxuan had no choice but to stand up and pull her. Seeing that Su Yuwan was trying to force a smile, he could only console her: "I have truly wronged you, but the Empress came this time to help the Emperor see how the relationship between me and Yun Family is. You should go back to the courtyard and rest well.

"Is the Yun Family that important?" Su Yuwan's tears gently fell, and Duan Chengxuan felt even more tender towards her.

"It's just that the Emperor values the Yun Family." Duan Chengxuan kissed her on the forehead before sending her back to the courtyard. After changing into a fresh set of clothes, they went to the great hall to deal with the empress.

At the same time, in the courtyard of the medicine house.

The smell of the medicine in her mouth had yet to completely dissipate, she did not expect that the quantity of the medicine here was completely different from what she had expected, but thankfully she had already made Yin Qiao close her doors to thank her customers. Even if something really happened to her, she would just stay in the pharmacy for a few days at most.

It was a pity that the heavens did not fulfill her wishes.

Cheng Yi scuttled in from the window. "Princess, Empress Dowager has arrived at Prince Jing's Mansion. Please follow me back to the Duke's Mansion quickly."

"Now?" Gu Mingyan supported herself with her trembling hands as she searched for other medicinal ingredients. She could only curse herself for being unlucky, "Give me a stick of incense."

"Princess, the prince's residence is extremely urgent." Cheng Yi cupped his hands together slightly.

"If you don't want to bring an unconscious person with you, you'd better wait for me." Gu Mingyan laughed and turned back. She had studied this pain for a few days and had gotten used to it.

Cheng Yi saw her on the verge of collapse, so he could only shut his mouth.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, he brought her to the prince's mansion.

"Sister royal, why have you come here today?"

After Duan Chengxuan bowed, he sat down at the side and his gaze landed on Empress Xu Shi.

The empress was wearing only a luxurious robe today, so she sat on top of the host seat with two palace maid s by her side. When she saw Duan Chengxuan, she only spoke a few words of concern but did not see the Princess of Jing come for a long time.

Duan Chengxuan frowned, why hasn't he brought Gu Mingyan here yet?!

"Empress Dowager, chenqie felt a chill occasionally, which was why I came here late."